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
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National Public Lands Day
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Hanging out on a limb
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The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
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New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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Arrone in Umbria, Italy
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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I am the walrus
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A treaty for science
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Barn owl, England
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International Womens Day
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Death Valley National Park, California
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
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Joan charges Riverside Park
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Steyr River, Austria
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Celebrating World Wildlife Day
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Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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Finnish Independence Day
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A bite of ancient history
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Native American Heritage Month
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World Theater Day