A tapir appears to be a cross between a pig and an anteater. However, this mammal is actually more closely related to horses and rhinos. Tapirs are native of the jungles of South and Central America. Adult male tapirs can weigh up to 700 lbs. There are four different species of Tapirs. They all have oval white-tipped ears, rounded rumps, stubby tails, and as many as 44 teeth.Their food consists mainly of fruits and leaves though they have a tendency to eat soft plant underwater if they live near a water source. They usually consume more than 85 pounds of vegetation in a single day. Their size and speed keep them free from most predators. Unfortunately, nowadays two of the four species of tapirs are on the endangered species list. If the people cannot save them from threatening, the species will be fewer and rare in the world. Help them to survive! The underlined word in the sentence “..., the species will be fewer and rare in the world (paragraph 3)” is correct in meaning to …

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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the Australia's unique animals that have pockets (marsupials) like kangaroo. The name of Koala comes from the aboriginal language which means “not drinking”. I...

Nowadays museum becomes a great and valuable tourist object. There are many museums in Indonesia, one of which is Museum Purbakala at Sangiran. The museum is located on 17 km north of Surakarta, on th...

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the Australia's unique animals that have pockets (marsupials) like kangaroo. The name of Koala comes from the aboriginal language which means “not drinking”. I...

Nowadays museum becomes a great and valuable tourist object. There are many museums in Indonesia, one of which is Museum Purbakala at Sangiran. The museum is located on 17 km north of Surakarta, on th...