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I need clarification wrote:
...and a tapir that actually walked into the dining room during dinner our last night (disgustingly).
(from http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/asian/ti003.htm )
This is tapir researcher Stefan Seitz washing a tapir at the Heidelberg Zoo. Having studied these animals, he was allowed by the staff to take part in what seems to be one of the finer moments of the tapir's day. Stefan is wearing his "Living in Harmony on Plaet Earth" Tapir Preservation Fund t-shirt, which was pronounced by the zoo director to be "chic"!
(from http://www.tapir-online.com/gedicht.htm ):
Tapir Discovery
by Stefan Seitz & Kate Wilson 1999
TAPIR:
not a common name,
though they deserve much wider fame –
so brace yourself for facts and features
on these snouting, squeaking creatures.
Kin they are to horse and rhino,
but have no mane or horn that I know
(except the lowland tapirs sport
a ridge of neck-hair, very short.)
Some can weigh eight hundred pounds.
All speak in clicks and whistling sounds.
The body's stocky, with short tail,
which helps the tapir clear a trail
through dense, damp forests, tropically,
of old and new world, topically.
And of their presence, these are proofs:
imprintings of all fourteen hoofs.
The short and splodgy trunk works well
for grabbing, touching, sniffing, smell.
This snout helps tapirs in the wood
to find and eat their favourite food:
enjoying all the night and day
soft leaves, sweet fruits, and grass, and hay.
In the water, tapirs thrive;
they swim quite well. They even dive!
We used to think that tapirs walked
alone, disliked each other, balked
at friendship, stayed apart;
but now we find that at the heart,
the tapir is a social beast
and goes by twos or threes, at least.
In thirteen months, a mom gives birth:
one offspring starts its life on earth.
The young have spots and stripes (how cute);
but as they grow, their colours mute
except the Asian's – he turns black
with one white saddle on his back.
With good teeth and nose and ears,
A tapir lives some thirty years,
except ... well ...
they're endangered. Man
will skin and eat them where he can,
but even worse, deforestation
means all tapirs in creation
die.
And so I write this paper:
Save the rainforests, save the tapir.
You didn't know? It doesn't matter.
Now you know the tapirs better! |
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I'm in Cuba! NT by Fussbett 08/26/2005, 9:54pm PDT 
Fascists! How long will The Man keep Fussbett in Guantánamo Bay without a trial? NT by Clapstro 08/26/2005, 10:05pm PDT
Until President Roslin decides to have him (or IT) put out an airlock. :( NT by Creexul :( 08/26/2005, 10:20pm PDT
What do the scriptures say?!!??!!!! NT by FABIO 08/26/2005, 10:22pm PDT
150 Miles from me! by CattleHumper 08/26/2005, 11:23pm PDT
It's Caltrops in Latin America Week by I need clarification 08/27/2005, 1:55am PDT
Preflight jitters from INC by Ray of Light 08/27/2005, 12:12pm PDT
future news : game developer kidnapped, another fat gringo to kill. by casual observer 08/27/2005, 1:11pm PDT
Re: Preflight jitters from INC by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2005, 2:36pm PDT
Re: Preflight jitters from INC by Ray of Light 08/27/2005, 2:50pm PDT
Re: It's Caltrops in Latin America Week by Bodybag 08/27/2005, 3:26pm PDT
Kirsten Dunst sat in front of us on the flight from Nashville to Miami by I need clarification 08/29/2005, 11:39am PDT
PS. Hi from Peru NT by I need clarification 08/29/2005, 11:39am PDT
could you see her nipples? NT by Peter Parker 08/29/2005, 12:17pm PDT
Internet access is expensive in Peru by Ray of Light 08/30/2005, 9:34pm PDT
Hey, I'm back! (from Peru) by I need clarification 09/05/2005, 11:35pm PDT
Tapirs by mark 09/06/2005, 12:10am PDT
that Tapir better hope his handler never finds the monolith by FABIO 09/06/2005, 1:49am PDT
Re: Hey, I'm back! (from Peru) by laudablepuss 09/06/2005, 12:53pm PDT
PHOTOS Part 1: NEW HAVANA! by Fussbett 09/07/2005, 8:39am PDT
Re: PHOTOS Part 1: NEW HAVANA! by motherfuckerfoodeater 09/07/2005, 9:37am PDT
These photos don't work anymore. NT by mark 11/29/2006, 8:36pm PST
Re: These photos don't work anymore. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/30/2006, 11:41am PST
These pictures work now! NT by Yay! 07/15/2007, 8:00am PDT
PHOTOS Part 2: OLD HAVANA! by Fussbett 09/10/2005, 5:14pm PDT
PHOTOS Part 3: LA REVOLUCION! by Fussbett 09/29/2005, 12:05am PDT
So . . . tell us why you went to Cuba again? by laudablepuss 09/29/2005, 1:02pm PDT
Re: So . . . tell us why you went to Cuba again? by Clatorps 09/29/2005, 1:06pm PDT
Re: So . . . tell us why you went to Cuba again? by mark 09/29/2005, 1:49pm PDT
Re: So . . . tell us why you went to Cuba again? by Creexul :( 09/29/2005, 3:23pm PDT
put the math shirt back on, genius by Styremio 09/29/2005, 3:53pm PDT
So now I have to destroy you too? :( by Creexul :( 09/29/2005, 4:32pm PDT
Yes, you are tuff destroyer!!!! by Styremio 09/29/2005, 5:00pm PDT
Styreemrio isn't coming off very well in this thread. A bad debut. :( NT by I need clarification 09/29/2005, 5:11pm PDT
Re: Styreemrio isn't coming off very well in this thread. A bad debut. :( by laudablepuss 09/29/2005, 6:21pm PDT
I like the fact that you've been bumped to management. NT by Souffle of Pain 09/30/2005, 12:04am PDT
Re: Yes, you are tuff destroyer!!!! by Creexul :( 09/29/2005, 6:24pm PDT
Traveling. by Fussbett 09/29/2005, 11:48pm PDT
Re: Traveling. by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 10:35am PDT
Reasons by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 12:11pm PDT
Re: Reasons by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 12:30pm PDT
I've marked our communication problem in yellow. by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 1:15pm PDT
Uh huh. "Our" problem. by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 2:09pm PDT
Re: Uh huh. "Our" problem. by I need clarification 09/30/2005, 2:31pm PDT
He's complex by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 2:39pm PDT
I'm also very patient. by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 4:49pm PDT
Re: I'm also very patient. by Ever see goodfellas? 09/30/2005, 4:59pm PDT
No. :( by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 5:29pm PDT
The part where Spider Spider is a mumblin stutterin little fuck. by Creexul :( 09/30/2005, 5:35pm PDT
Very stupid! Good job, INC. by laudablepuss 09/30/2005, 4:45pm PDT
I forgot to mention that I'm considered a saint in Cuba. :( NT by Creexul :( 09/29/2005, 3:11pm PDT
Hey I posted it, along with some other pix of other things. by Creexul :( 09/29/2005, 4:32pm PDT
PHOTOS: EPILOGUE by Fussbett 10/03/2005, 12:40am PDT
Jhoh may be a saint, but apparently Fussbett is Jesus. BEAT THAT NT by Bunyip 10/03/2005, 12:58am PDT
Why would anyone want a caricature of themselves? NT by I need clarification 10/03/2005, 7:55pm PDT
Well, it's interesting, laudablepuss. NT by Fussbett 10/03/2005, 8:33pm PDT
Thanks for not answering my question!! >:[ NT by I need clarification 10/03/2005, 8:39pm PDT
What a couple of insufferable fucking assholes NT by Doctor Harvey Killdozer 08/31/2024, 10:00pm PDT
What? NT by laudablepuss 10/03/2005, 10:31pm PDT
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