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Twycross Malayan Tapir Enclosure
17-03-2008
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#2
31-12-2008
One massive mud pile! Although I'm sure that the tapirs weren't complaining...
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#3
02-01-2009
Tapirs, as ungulates of the cloven hoofed variety, don't like walking in mud, which gets stuck between their toes and is very uncomfortable, so i think they probably were complaining.
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#4
02-01-2009
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And they do very much like mud. I've had tapirs make their own mud to wallow in. It drove me nuts. |
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#5
02-01-2009
In that case, sorry for the misinformation. I was told by a member of staff at the dartmoor zoo that their enclosure was enlarged as the original part was a mud-hole and the tapir hated it because the mud got stuck between his toes. Apparently this is wrong.
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02-01-2009
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#7
02-01-2009
That was at dartmoor, although apparently they think their tapir is gay! Presumably the dartmoor tapir dislikes mud but he is, as you say, an exception to the rule. I don't know what the twycross tapirs think of it.
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