The Prague Zoo is very proud to introduce us to a new baby!
The zoo has been waiting for the new arrival since August 2010. When the Prague Zoo acquired a pair of tapirs that month, one female and one male, everyone was excited for the impeding birth of a baby tapir.
There only one problem: Both tapirs were siblings!
The zoo had to wait until the arrival of a male tapir, named Niko, in 2011. He is only one out of fifty-two tapirs held in captivity in Europe. In the wild, there are only about five thousand left. The species is endangered because of increased deforestation in their natural habitats.
Indah, the mother, gave birth to the newborn on October 15th. He is only the second tapir to be born in Prague — the first died on the same day in 1976.
It warms our hearts to see all of these new babies thriving and happy; the San Diego Zoo just welcomed a newborn, too — a southern white rhino.
Just watch how, at first, he's hesitant to leave mom's side. Then he explores his surroundings, and maybe even annoys his mom a little! We can't wait to see this baby tapir take its first steps. We're sure he'll be just as adorable as this baby giraffe, and we won't be able to take our eyes off him.
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Významným chovatelským úspěchem je mládě tapíra čabrakového, které se v noci na čtvrtek 15. října narodilo v pražské zoo. V Evropě se během posledních dvanácti měsíců narodilo jenom šest mláďat tohoto vzácného druhu. Mládě už můžete i s matkou Indah vidět v expozici tapírů čabrakových ve spodní části zoo.
Posted by Zoo Praha on Saturday, October 17, 2015
