4/26/2002: Saved tapir

Undertoad · 04-26-2002, 08:41 AM

Happy Friday. These beasts are called "tapirs". The momma there is named "Conchita" and the baby is "Carmina".

This was the first birth of a Tapir at the Hannover (Germany) zoo. But when Carmina came out, she wasn't breathing. The zookeeper stepped in and performed mouth-to-trunk resuscitation and saved the baby.

The Tapir pregnancy, it turns out, is 18 months long! Guh!

The little one is doing fine.

04-26-2002, 08:41 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/26/2002: Saved tapir Happy Friday. These beasts are called "tapirs". The momma there is named "Conchita" and the baby is "Carmina". This was the first birth of a Tapir at the Hannover (Germany) zoo. But when Carmina came out, she wasn't breathing. The zookeeper stepped in and performed mouth-to-trunk resuscitation and saved the baby. The Tapir pregnancy, it turns out, is 18 months long! Guh! The little one is doing fine.

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