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Socket2Jake
05-31-2005, 09:44 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
NakedSword Holly
05-31-2005, 09:45 PM
LMAO it is your new boyfriend Boris...
Socket2Jake
05-31-2005, 09:46 PM
Oh that's right! That was before Trim Spa! Off Topic
NakedSword Holly
05-31-2005, 09:48 PM
Seriously what the f@ck is it? Stick Man
Socket2Jake
05-31-2005, 09:48 PM
Seriously what the f@ck is it? Stick Man

No clue! I googled 'strange animal' LOL
BDBionic
05-31-2005, 11:11 PM
looks like a tapir. they're native to south america, i believe. either that or it's something else completely.
RainGurl
06-01-2005, 08:46 AM
my question is why would you google "strange animal" in the first place??
Socket2Jake
06-01-2005, 10:01 AM
my question is why would you google "strange animal" in the first place??

Sadly...that is what my Tuesday nights consist of now that American Idol is over...LOL
RobertAEBN
06-01-2005, 10:31 AM
That's my new puppy! Isn't he cute!
Randy Blue
06-01-2005, 05:41 PM
God that animal is HOT!

I mean really HOT!

I........I mean really.........
RobertAEBN
06-01-2005, 09:30 PM
Randy you left your front door open again! Keep that thing in your trailer please!
MWSommer
06-02-2005, 10:59 AM
It is a tapir, however it is not a Malay tapir it is one of the three central/south american species. Computer
IntenseMark
06-02-2005, 12:04 PM
Sadly...that is what my Tuesday nights consist of now that American Idol is over...LOL

I hear you there. :(
BDBionic
06-02-2005, 12:29 PM
It is a tapir, however it is not a Malay tapir it is one of the three central/south american species. Computer

damn I'm good.
desslock
06-02-2005, 02:30 PM
Brian / Morgan

How do you pronounce that? a "tapir"

Steve
BDBionic
06-02-2005, 02:59 PM
I think you pronounce it as you would "paper". "TAY-purr"... or perhaps spice up the second syllable a bit so that it's more like "TAY-pier". Either/or.
MWSommer
06-02-2005, 03:03 PM
Hmmm did you check multiple dictionaries on that pronunciation? How about a british english dictionary? Spanish or Portugese?
BDBionic
06-02-2005, 03:21 PM
some interesting facts about the tapir:

# Tapirs love bananas.
# They also eat other fruit and plants.
# They are related to horses and rhinoceroses.
# They make squeaking and chirping noises.
# They swim very well and love water.
# They have not changed much in 20 million years.
# A tapir can move its nose in all directions, smelling.
# It has 4 toes on each front foot, 3 on each back foot.
# A tapir can out-maneuver a dog.
# They can climb over steep hills, logs and fences.
# They can crash thorough the jungle like a tank.
# They run to water when hunted or scared.
# They bulldoze tunnels in jungle undergrowth.
# Tapirs are often hunted by humans.
# Tapirs can live about 30 years.
# Tapirs may be solitary or live in small family groups.
# Baby tapirs stay with their mothers about two years.
# Nobody knows if tapirs mate for life.
# Mountain tapirs have the longest hair, about one inch.
# Tapirs have very tough skin, like hard leather.
# A tapir pulls food into its mouth with its flexible nose.
# Man is by far the tapir's worst enemy.
# Much of the tapirs' habitat has been destroyed.
# It takes 13 months to make one baby tapir.
# ALL SPECIES OF TAPIR ARE ENDANGERED.

seems the one in the photo is indeed a lowland tapir, native to brazil and really most of the south american rainforests.