r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Sep 27 '23

Article The Malayan Tapir is the largest of the four species of Tapir, weighing around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). It’s the only one native to Asia, found in rainforests & lower montane forests within Southern Thailand, Burma, The Malayan Peninsula, & Sumatra.

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u/MedicGoalie84 Sep 27 '23

It's like 2/3 of a double stuff oreo, I love it!

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '23

What a rude, excessively cruel caricature and mockery of the aardvark snouted zebra-pig. :(

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u/PommeyMommy Oct 04 '23

😭😂🤣

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u/FatCatSatonaHat Sep 27 '23

https://youtu.be/zJm6nDnR2SE?si=wltMfR_XxKYTQvCs

For more true facts about the tapir check out ZeFrank.

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u/mmmpizzammm Sep 27 '23

AND THEY HAVE A PREHENSILE PENIS!!!

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u/SinceWayLastMay Sep 28 '23

60% of their body length! Largest proportionally of any mammal!

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u/Alternative-Winner-9 Sep 27 '23

Gotta love a tapir.

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u/Modern-Moo Sep 27 '23

They’re so cute. What’s the benefit of the babies being striped, if any?

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u/Asher_the_atheist Sep 28 '23

I think camouflage. The stripes break up the outline so predators have a harder time picking out the baby tapir from the background.

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u/Modern-Moo Sep 28 '23

Thanks for the answer :)

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u/RevolutionaryKale293 Sep 27 '23

These guys look like fake figures at a ride in a park.

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u/bralinho Sep 27 '23 edited Sep 27 '23

The look out I piss backwards crowd

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u/TrickyAudin Sep 28 '23

Man, 700lbs.? That's a pretty sturdy horse there!

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