Mom showed us pictures of this most peculiar animal.
Do you know what it is?
It's a Lowland Tapir!
She says she's sorry for him as he seems to be a bit lonely. He's always pacing around restlessly in his enclosure at our local zoo. 
She saw him enjoying scritches from his keeper once. Someone told her that he's a bit feisty though and has a reputation for biting. 
He shares his enclosure with two of these Capybara and they had to change them six times until they found a combination that worked out. 
We really wonder what's next. After showing us birds that can carry off cats mom pointed at these animals saying they are rodents. 
They are huge! The female has an average weight of 60 kg. We certainly wouldn't go near them.Purrs, Siena & Chilli
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31 comments:
Thank you for introducing us to the Tapir. We never heard about this animal before... very interesting!
Thanks for the exotic tock shots for Tocktober!
Hahaha, your're right Misha. Embrace 'tocktober!
Our mom loves the Capybara because they remind her of the creatures in one of her childhood-favorite books, "The Wump World."
Purrs,
Abby & Stygia
He is really interesting.
Milo and Alfie xx
Did he juz whistle???
Interesting fella! That was quick the call, wonder what he was trying to say?
"Someone better come clean out my water it's FULL OF POO!!!!!!!"
They are so cute with these long nosies.Thank you for showing us.
The capybaras are looking a little bit like the guinea pigs of our beanboys. We tried to catch them but the beanboys never let us do!!!
purrs
Luna, Luzie and Olli
He looks an interesting feller and he does look kind of lonely.. Hugs GJ x
Nice photos of a couple of strange looking animals.
Very interesting looking animal!
What an interesting creature!! We've never seen on of those before! Thank you for sharing that video!
Did he just tweet like a birdie?? I've never seen anything like him. His nose is very cool.
tapir? i don't even know her.
Wow. Neither mamma nor I have heard of the tapir. Great pictures and video. We find capybaras very interesting.
Thanks for your comments on my blog about the new kitty. Mama is gonna go check out your post you referenced. I don't know what she's got me in to.
Purrs,
Lucy
Aww that Tapir is furry cute, in an odd way!!! We like that little squeek he did! And the Capybara's sure are some B~I~G rodents! Glad THEY don't try to come in our house for the winter! YIKES!
This is Lucy's mama. Just read your post of introducing Chilli to Siena. There were a lot of very helpful comments too. I'm going to look into possibly buying the Feliway diffusers. I've had to do this several times in the past--introducing cats that is--but it's been a very long time for all of us.
Thanks again!
Sounds almost like a bird ...
Wow. The poor little Tapir who is almost alone.
We're amazed by his nose! And he does sound like a bird. We like the capybara's too.
Thank you.....very interesting post.......it makes us even happier that we belong to the cat family!!!!! MOL Have a purrfect day.
xxxxxxx
We never saw a Tapir either. Very strange looking dude. He sure likes to make a lot of poo!
Lovely photos. I like the capybaras, especially sleepy ones.
He smelled his poo! Hahahaha! I never expected him to make that funny noise.
Ha, we know those! They are not hard to find in Brazil, there's even some tapirs discussing laws in our National Congress! The capis (short name for the capybaras) are cute. They're the largest rodents in the world!
God bless you!
Cezar
Wow, very cool animals! That tapir sure has a wobbly nose, and yes, his voice his very high-pitched. Not what you would expect. I sure hope they clean up his poos real quick so he doesn't have to sniff them anymore.
How interesting. Jane says she speaks Tapir (I don't believe her) and she say's that he is saying:
"Cleanup on aisle #2!"
I think she's pulling my furs.
Alice
PS That's a really weird animal.
Makes you wonder what Mother Nature was thinking when she made them????
National Geographic on the Cat with a Garden :)
Thanks for introducing the Tapir to us! We enjoyed seeing and hearing him!
What a strange animal! I have never seen one of those before...we definitely don't have them running around in Jersey!
That is a very strange animal!
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