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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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Where is this wintry road?
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A history of Vinland
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Black History Month
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In search of a ‘great’ pumpkin
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
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Casting a vote for women s history
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Chapel on the rock
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Mount Fuji Day
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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The artists come to Venice
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Siblings Day
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Endangered Species Act
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An old celebration for a new season
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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Palouse farmland, Washington state
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Denali National Park
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Happy Lunar New Year!
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Mountain mists over Bavaria
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Native American Heritage Day
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Celebrating the International Day of Forests
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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International Day for Biodiversity