Have you ever seen a #tapir? At 1st glance, it looks like an animal straight out of a strange dream: it has the body of a pig and the nose of an elephant. Yet it’s a serene #mammal that helps grow the forest. Its small eyes shine with curiosity, its little #trunk moves from side to side sniffing the air and its slow, steady steps exude a calm that seems almost incompatible with the noisy tropical #forest. The tapir is one of the most important - and least known - animals of the forests of the Am

CUTENESS ALERT! We have an exciting new arrival, a baby tapir has been born and its the first in the UK this year. First-time parents Al and Emily have taken to parenthood, but are having a problem that many human parents will recognise – she won’t eat all her vegetables! Read more here: https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/explore/news/detail/zoos-baby-tapir-is-uk-first | Newquay Zoo