Tapir
I.Introduction
In Amazonia the rain forest there is an animal that looks like a pig, it has a trunk. It is not a pig it is a horse and a rhino, it is called a tapir. I heard about this animal by reading a book called horses A thruogh Z. It sounded very interesting and I wanted to learn about an animal that is related to a horse. One thing I learned is that there are six different types of tapirs. Though out my research I hope it will become one of my favorite animal.
II. Family Members
Tapirs are in groups all the time, they must love their family. When you find a group of tapirs caring for each other , they are called a candle. The tapir family is related to the Tapiride. They are also related to the horses and rhinos. Candle is leaving! Got to go with them.
III Ain't I Cute
Look out for tapir waste while roaming around the rain forest floor. It looks like a pig, small cow, and a small elephant. There are six different types. First there is the Mountain tapir Wooly tapir. The adults are black with a brown nose. The babies are white with brown stripes. It is also the smallest tapir. Another tapir is the low land tapir. The adults are grey with a white chest. Babies are grey with brown stripes. Also there a tapir called Baird tapir. The adults are grey with white checks and chest. The babies are white with a little brown. Malay tapirs are a type of tapir too. Adults are black with a white behind and back. Babies are white with a little black. Second to last is the Tobler tapir. The adult is brown with a cinnamon color neck. The babies are black with a cinnamon color neck. The final tapir is the Miguelle tapir. Adults are white with a shade of grey on it's back. Babies are brown with a cinnamon color stripes. Tapirs are not very big their height at shoulder is twenty-nine to forty-two inches. Their wight is five hundred to eight hundred pounds.
IV Home Sweet Home
Tapirs live in the Amazon Rain Forest in South America. It does not generaly migrate, except for the Malay tapir. It's range is forest and grass lands.
V Time to Eat
Tapirs are herbivores that means they only eat vegetation. So their diet is fruits, berries, leaves, shrubs, tender growth, buds, and twigs. They get their food by browsing, which means to take the trunk and grab leaves, twigs, and bushes. Just like elephants.
VI Enemies
Tapirs have many enemies. The enemies are tigers, leopards, jaguars, pythons, and crocodiles. It seems very odd that the python is one of the enemies of the tapir.
VII Self Defense
Tapirs have two ways to defend themselves. The first way is to use their sharp teeth . The other way is to run into the water so the animal can not get it. That is really cool how they defend themselves. Right?
VII Reproduction
Tapirs are very interesting. They reproduce in April and May, but every other year. Babies are born in thirteen month after they mated.. The young is called a calf. Tapirs' life expencety is thirty years. Boy arn't you gald yo glad you ain't a tapir.
IX Friends or Not
You have human friends right? Well tapirs do too. Some people try to help and some don't. So be thankful you have a lot of nice human friends.
X Who's Endangered
There are not many tapirs left. Scientist have not found the exact population, but all we know is that they are endangered. There endangered because they are hunted for food and their fur. They can also not be found in Costa Rica. Isn't that sad?
XI Night, Night
Don't you sleep in a bed? Well tapirs don't. They often pick a cool spot and affords away to detect enimies. They seem to return to the same places and use them again.. Beds are probly a lot comfortable then the ground.
XII Survivle
You eat three main meals a day to stay alive, well tapirs only eat two. They feed in the early and late hours of the day to aviod the heat of the day. Tapirs like the water to keep cool. They are very smart to mdo that.
XIII Habbits
What are human habbits? Tapir habbits are very different. They all have simular basic body shape and short flexible prboscis nose. All tapirs prefer a wet climate and usally live near water. TApirs are browsers and eat leaves, fuit, and berries. Theres some awsome habbits.
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