World Tapir Day, 2009
April 27, 2009
Originally uploaded by miketransreal
Sadly, we couldn’t get along to the zoo today, but we did visit it yesterday, which is close enough!
This is the 2nd Annual World Tapir Day and hopefully our official WTD coasters will be waiting for us when we get home this evening…
Transreal’s sponsorship of the Edinburgh tapirs was also renewed, with effect from today!
May have to have a pint of Guinness tonight to celebrate; it’s black & white, just like Raffles and other Malayan tapirs! 
Next year it’s on a Tuesday.
I see from a comment by a Bristol Zoo spokesperson that “they love having their chins tickled”. I must just go and remedy that omission!
They certainly have long chins to tickle! I might be tempted to try that on a South American tapir; the Malayan ones, like Edinburgh Zoo has, are quite a bit heftier and potentially more dangerous!
Even the BBC seemed to recognise WTD; their ‘Picture of the Day’ on their England news page was of a baby tapir… It’ll be gone by now, I’m afraid.
Oh, and I did manage to fit in a pint of Guinness to celebrate!