The Malayan tapir is a sight of quiet beauty every time you see it 🌿✨ At first sight, tapirs don’t seem like the type of animal you’d expect to be strong swimmers. But looks can be deceiving because they’re actually excellent in the water!☝🏻😃 These gentle creatures dive to munch on aquatic plants and sometimes stroll along the riverbed in search of food. When danger is near, they can hide underwater and use their trunk as a built-in snorkel 🤿 Who else loves the Malayan tapir?🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ #

Denver Zoo welcomes baby tapir Umi

LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT MALAYAN TAPIR!! The Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the largest of the five species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. In the past, Malayan tapirs could be found throughout tropical lowland rain forests of Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia,Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. However, their population decreased over the years to the state whereby Tapirs are currently classified by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as an endangered species. Let