Monday, March 26, 2007

Video of a happy Tapir receiving a massage

Somebody recently captured this entertaining little video of a Tapir being given a massage by a zookeeper at the LA Zoo.

Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, with short, prehensile snouts. They inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. All four species of tapir are classified as endangered or vulnerable. Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates, horses and rhinoceroses.

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