Photo by Whaldener Endo (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI mentioned that they like to frequent watering holes and you may be thinking that there is no way this stocky animal likes to swim.\u00a0 Well my friend, believe it or not the Tapir is actually an impressive swimmer.\u00a0 They have even been known to dive in order to feed on submerged vegetation.\u00a0 As well, they have been known to roll around in the mud, just like pigs, which is probably their preferred method for getting rid of ticks.\u00a0 Obviously this works just fine since they are millions of years old.<\/p>\n
Tapir Fast Fact – <\/strong>Even though the Tapir appears to have life figured out and has survived millions of years, it appears they are meeting a formidable challenge called humans.\u00a0 The four species still in existence are all classed as either endangered or threatened as a result of hunting and habitat loss.\u00a0 It would be tragic if this ancient animal goes extinct because of us.<\/p>\nAnother week is in the books and it is now time to enjoy the weekend so get off your computer and go have some fun.\u00a0 See you all on Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So we managed to make it through another week of interesting and educational Wild Facts (at least I thought they were \ud83d\ude42 ).\u00a0 Today’s animal is another one that I thought I had already discussed.\u00a0 In order to learn about the bizarre Tapir we get to choose which jungle we want to go to.\u00a0 Our choices are in Central America, South America or Southeast Asia.\u00a0 We have been hanging out in the Americas quite a bite lately so I think I am going to take a quick flight to Southeast Asia.\u00a0 You coming? So what the heck is a Tapir? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[1589,348,4025,1587,1588,1591,1590],"yoast_head":"\n
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