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Bite forces of tapirs were calculated with the “dry-skull” method to include a range of tapir species across a large temporal and phylogenetic scope, sampling the full range of body sizes from little Protapirus up to the giant 'Megatapirus'!

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New paper alert on Using a large sample of skulls, & show that sagittal crest size is decoupled from bite performance in Pleistocene (#IceAge) tapirs, contrary to the pattern generally found in mammalian carnivores (1/n)

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Well, looks like someone should have spent more time practicing and less time... doing whatever it is tapirs do.
For

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New design! Brontotheres were rhinoceros-like animals that lived about 56–34 million years ago (during the Eocene). They're related to rhinos, horses, and tapirs and came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Included in our latest Sticker Pack: https://t.co/5ib7tCDwcm

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Sonic character making brain go brrrrrrrrr
(honestly tho I love tapirs they're one of my fav animals 🥺)

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In Love and Rockets, Bender mentions being a "cuddly baby tapir." Earlier, the Planet Express ship expressed her love of tapirs at the zoo, and they're also in the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey which is a reference all over this episode.

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Friend told me to draw a bunch of tapirs, so here are a bunch of tapirs.

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INCLUSIVE EU JÁ TINHA UMA TAPIRSONA ANTES DE SER MANEIRO (preciso atualizar a propósito)

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👀Jaguar/tapirs? I've got my boy diego!

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Hello, lovelies!!
I haven't really showed this side of me on my socials yet, but I've been an exmo fur for around 2 years now! The main exmo community (on reddit) finally hit 200k, so I made something for the occasion~
Baby tapirs are so cuuute! ;v; 💞💚

https://t.co/q2s6345xKr

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Someone suggested I should draw my fursona as a Tapir. XD This idea was hilarious enough that I decided to try!

Tapirs are SO ROUND omg

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For here's a 1702 London broadsheet advertising the exhibition of two South American tapirs (called kamas) from Berbice, Guyana (British Museum no. 1914,0520.691)

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. researches how tapirs fit into their ecosystem, and this knowledge also informs conservation efforts in various local habitats, from forests, to wetlands, to grasslands, and has become the expert in this species.

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FINALLY did that draw a unicorn thing... tapirs are much weirder than i thought

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coloring at birth is part of a survival The striped and dotted coat matches the dappled of the understory of the in which they live. This helps them to blend into the surroundings. They also have a Nose.

Drawing with

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A family of malayan tapirs - one of my favorite animals for sure!
I hope you all had a good weekend - I drew this while playing ''Chicken Police - Paint it RED!'' with my bestie. 10/10 would recommend!

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Omg she is so cute! Tapirs and sloths are the two most unusual sonas. I have two sloths. Maybe yona wants to be friends

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