There's a new tapir in town... 👀 We’re so excited to welcome Fifi, a 20-year-old female lowland tapir! 💜 She’s settling beautifully into her brand-new tapir house and has already won over our keepers with her big personality. Experienced, confident, and a proud mum and even a grandma, she brings valuable breeding experience with her. Tapirs have long played an important role in our conservation journey, and Fifi’s arrival marks the next chapter in that story. As our current tapirs prepare to m

CUTENESS ALERT! We have an exciting new arrival, a baby tapir has been born and its the first in the UK this year. First-time parents Al and Emily have taken to parenthood, but are having a problem that many human parents will recognise – she won’t eat all her vegetables! Read more here: https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/explore/news/detail/zoos-baby-tapir-is-uk-first | Newquay Zoo

The mama tapir brought her baby by last night for the first time! #costarica #wildlifephotography #tapirs #tapiroftheday | Mike Melton Photography