Mom is doing fine, although the pregnancy is expected to last 13 months

By adamg on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 11:40am

A Baird's tapir baby is on the way!

Zoo New England reports that Abby, a Baird's tapir is pregnant and that an ultrasound shows the baby is doing fine, too.

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By Anony-Mouse on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 11:50am.

I suspect Google searches for that term probably just spiked 18,000 %.

Looks sort of like a pig. Lives in Latin America, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird's_tapir

By Elmer on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 3:37pm.

By Elmer on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 12:10pm.

By bibliotequetressnotloggedin... on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 4:10pm.

AW! Franklin Park had a baby tapir a few years ago. It looked like a doe-eyed football with white spots. Totally adorable!