4/26/2002: Saved tapir

Undertoad · 04-26-2002, 08:41 AM

Happy Friday. These beasts are called "tapirs". The momma there is named "Conchita" and the baby is "Carmina".

This was the first birth of a Tapir at the Hannover (Germany) zoo. But when Carmina came out, she wasn't breathing. The zookeeper stepped in and performed mouth-to-trunk resuscitation and saved the baby.

The Tapir pregnancy, it turns out, is 18 months long! Guh!

The little one is doing fine.

Vegeta · 04-26-2002, 09:34 AM

Tapirs are awesome! I like how the baby's got stripes 'n' spots.

I think those are the same things they had in the Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom, the Asia area, but I'm not sure.

blase · 04-26-2002, 01:19 PM

I'm assuming they lose the stripes and spots after a while? How long?

04-26-2002, 08:41 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/26/2002: Saved tapir Happy Friday. These beasts are called "tapirs". The momma there is named "Conchita" and the baby is "Carmina". This was the first birth of a Tapir at the Hannover (Germany) zoo. But when Carmina came out, she wasn't breathing. The zookeeper stepped in and performed mouth-to-trunk resuscitation and saved the baby. The Tapir pregnancy, it turns out, is 18 months long! Guh! The little one is doing fine.

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04-26-2002, 09:34 AM	#2
Vegeta As far beyond mutants as they beyond you Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: United States Posts: 52	Tapirs are awesome! I like how the baby's got stripes 'n' spots. I think those are the same things they had in the Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom, the Asia area, but I'm not sure.

04-26-2002, 01:19 PM	#3
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	I'm assuming they lose the stripes and spots after a while? How long?

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