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What are tapirs best known for?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Malaysian tapirs are best known for their black and white hid that allows the tapir to be camouflaged in both in the day and at night. All tapirs are very good swimmers. They are not fast runners at all, for they are all about 900 pounds, but as soon as they see a predator the hit the water.

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