World Tapir Day

[veggiechicken]

But yours only eat grass so would probably choke on my fish, or turn its big nose up at it!!

How about a pandolin, what you got to go up against that?

Rhinocerus?

[Mikey]

I take your rhino and raise you an 'aye aye', even a rhino couldn't cope with the infernal tap tap tapping.

[veggiechicken]

Say GoodBye to your AyeAye. I'm bringing out the Star nosed Mole. Underground, underwater and the occasional foray to look for AyeAyes - he's a champ!

[Mikey]

Aha, I see your star nosed Mole and bring out my coconut crab, it'll make short change of those frilly bits.

[veggiechicken]

Coconut crab! Pfffft. Not a chance against my Gnu. He may be common but he has huge feet to trample your crab and a very silly name - so there!

[Mikey]

What...I'm gonna tag team your Gnu, with my komodo dragon, and vampire moth, lets see how it likes them apples, that's a painful way to go.

[veggiechicken]

Disqualified!! You're out - Two onto one is not fair, its just not cricket, i say, Umpire, Ref, anyone....

[Peas'n'Kews]

Where's this (u)Vampire? Who gave them the right to make the bl**dy rules?? Do they live on the reef?

<I do so enjoy this forum!>

[veggiechicken]

Off you go, P'n'K. Over to you - you have the tapir in your hands - to run with whithersoever you wish - or summat! now!

[Pa Snips]

If you see a tapir lounging on a hot day, you might think it is slothful. However, in motion, tapirs are fast and agile, and they also swim well. Tapirs in captivity sometimes have violent tantrums: a Malay tapir severed the arm of a keeper at the Oklahoma City Zoo in 1998.

Still want one as a pet?

[veggiechicken]

Still want one as a pet?

I thought they were 'armless. My interest has tapired off now

[vikicats]

I've fed tapirs. They're really friendly and try to brush up against you like cats do except they're a lot bigger and nearly knock you over!
Think they would make fabulous pets, though the aye-ayes and star nosed moles sound good too. Also quite fancy a sloth cos you're always going to know where it is!

[julesapple]

I love giraffe and red pandas. There's something intrinsically, mind-bendingly, beautiful about giraffe, and red pandas are just tooo cute!

[Hilary B]

Tapirs are related to pigs, one of the things I love about them is that babies have stripes, longways ones!
Those Malay Tapir babies always make me think of humbugs.....

[Peas'n'Kews]

Off you go, P'n'K. Over to you - you have the tapir in your hands - to run with whithersoever you wish - or summat! now!

EEK! P'n'K takes the tapir, runs for the white line, dodges the cars - hang on, what am I doing here.....