What is an interesting fact about tapirs?

Answer 1

Tapirs are related to horses and rhinoceroses. There are four species of tapirs and all of them are either endangered or vulnerable.

Tapirs weigh between 500 and 800 lbs (225 to 360 kg). They can be over three and a half feet (1m10cm) tall. They live 25 to 30 years.

They eat leaves and fruit and feed in the morning and evening.

Tigers, jaguars, anacondas and crocodiles can all be dangerous to tapirs.

Their trunk is prehensile. They are good swimmers and like to swim but can also sink and walk along the bottom of a river.

Answer 2

Tapirs are related to horses and rhinoceroses. There are four species of tapirs and all of them are either endangered or vulnerable.

Tapirs weigh between 500 and 800 lbs (225 to 360 kg). They can be over three and a half feet (1m10cm) tall. They live 25 to 30 years.

They eat leaves and fruit and feed in the morning and evening.

Tigers, jaguars, anacondas and crocodiles can all be dangerous to tapirs.

Their trunk is prehensile. They are good swimmers and like to swim but can also sink and walk along the bottom of a river.

Answer 3

Could be because the look like pigs with trunks, but are related to horses and rhinos. They are densely built and are at home on land as well as in water, they often submerge to eat from the bottom of rivers. They are found in the grasslands of Central and South America as will as in Asia. The black and white Malay Tapir can grow to 800lbs in weight. They are an endangered species

Answer 4

a tapir looks like a pig but it's not related to pigs ,it's related to rhinos & elephants. it has a slightly longer & more flexible snout then a pig,there different kinds of tapirs(malayan tapirs are black with a white rib cage area.)(brazilian tapirs are gray & have a kind of mane like a horse.)(biards tapirs are black.)there are more kinds of tapirs but i don't know much about them i hope someone wil put more information about them here.

Answer 5

A unique feature that tapir posess is its fleshy prehensile nose that it uses to grab leaves and even use as a snorkle while swimming. Their hides are very tough but streamlined for easy maneuvering in the forest. Tapirs are "seed dispersers." They eat seeds that are then dispersed in their scat which helps the forest to regenerate.

Answer 6

Tapirs are recognized thanks to their snout, which is somewhat a cross between a pig's and an elephant's in appearance. I'm sure there are more, but that's a big one.

Answer 7

The tapir is a majestic gabelized creature the 63 million years ago overwhelmed the whole earth oceans and all and they killed the dinosaurs. True Story.

Answer 8

Hello,

An interesting fact about tapirs is that as a group, they've barely changed over the past 35 million years.