Pog Like Animal With an Anteater Nose
Pog Like Animal With an Anteater Nose Zoo visitors often inquire, "What is it? A squealer? An anteater?" No, information technology's a tapir, a primitive creature that has remained largely unchanged for millions of years. The iv types of tapir are almost closely related to horses and rhinos, since they accept an odd number of toes (iv toes on each front end foot, three on each dorsum foot). Their eyes and ears are small, and the body is teardrop shaped: tapered in the front and wider at the rear, designed to walk through thick vegetation. Male tapirs are slightly smaller than females. The tapir'southward nose and upper lip combine into a flexible snout like an elephant's trunk. It can be used as a snorkel when the tapir is underwater and as an effective tool to observe odors wafting through the dense forest. This prehensile mini-torso (by elephant standards!) is used to grab branches and strip off the leaves or to