Happy World Tapir Day!  That’s right, April 27 is World Tapir Day.  I can hear half of you (okay, maybe three-quarters) asking “What in God’s name is a tapir, and why do I care?”  The short answer to that is that tapirs are charmingly rotund relatives of the elephant and the rhino, and you care because they are a) freaking adorable, and b) endangered or vulnerable everywhere they live.

A lowland or Brazilian tapir. Isn't he a charmer?

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