Point Defiance Zoo welcomes endangered Malayan tapir calf
It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it opened 120 years ago, zoo officials said.
Washington Zoo Welcomes Rare Endangered Baby Who Looks Like a 'Fuzzy Walking Watermelon'
It's always so joyous and exciting when an endangered animal is born, and nothing could be cuter than the one born on Sunday, February 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf on Sunday,
Second Malayan tapir calf in 120 years born at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
The calf is currently bonding with its mother behind the scenes before it will be moved to a viewable habitat.
Adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf born at Washington zoo
An endangered and rare Malayan tapir calf was born this weekend at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed newborn resembles a “fuzzy, walking watermelon.”
Rare, endangered Malayan tapir calf born at Point Defiance Zoo
A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born there on Sunday, weighing an estimated 20 pounds. The event marked only the second tapir birth in the zoo’s 120-year history. “The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes that resemble a tiny, walking watermelon, is considered healthy,” PDZA said in a news release.
Washington state zoo welcomes second tapir birth in zoo's 120-year history
A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo, the second tapir birth in the zoo’s 120-year history.
This is the historic birth of an endangered Malayan tapir at the Washington Zoo
An endangered Malayan tapir has been born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, marking only the second tapir birth in the zoo's 120-year history.
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