Calgary Zoo says Malayan tapir expecting a calf: ‘Tiny walking watermelons’ The Calgary Zoo is expecting a new addition this summer that it says will look like a little watermelon on four legs.
Four-year-old Malayan tapir Sempurna is pregnant with a calf sired by 23-year-old Tanuck. Baby tapirs have white markings on their bodies with a pattern resembling the outside of a watermelon.
A female Malayan tapir named Sempurna is seen at the Calgary zoo, in Calgary, in a Jan. 9 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, *MANDATORY CREDIT* CALGARY — The ...
The Calgary zoo is expecting a new addition this summer that it says will look like a little watermelon on four legs Four-year-old Malayan tapir Sempurna is pregnant with a calf sired by 23-year-old ...