For World Tapir Day, we"re bringing you nose-to-nose with a baby South American tapir. The creamy stripes and dashes on its coat help keep this endangered calf camouflaged under the filtered light of the Amazon tree canopy. It may look small now, but mature tapirs are the largest native mammals in South America. About that nose: Tapirs use their prehensile nose trunk to grab plants and berries. And if they submerge under the surface of the water, some even use it as a snorkel.
That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
Today in History
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National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
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Fall Astronomy Week
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Celestial Spain
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Wild lupines
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The desert blooms
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Enter the magical world of Livraria Lello
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Room at the top?
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I am the walrus
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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The Colosseum of Rome, Italy
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Ring of fire
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Jeju Island, South Korea
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It s Star Wars Day
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Seville celebrates first world tour
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Pups of the prairie
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50 years of World Heritage Sites
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103