Written by Rhishja Larson
Published on September 25th, 2009
Tapir fact 11: In 1998, a female tapir at the Oklahoma City Zoo bit off a zookeeper’s arm at the bicep. The tapir had a two-month-old calf in her enclosure.
Pictured: Lowland tapir.
Image source: flickr.com/pelican/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
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Tags:
Bairds tapir,
Central America,
conservation,
endangered species,
fragmented poulation,
habitat loss,
IUCN List of Threatened Species,
lowland tapir,
Malayan tapir,
mountain tapir,
odd-toed unglulate,
South America,
Southeast Asia,
ungulates
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THANKS RHISH’…You’re really working hard !!!