Malayan Tapir, largest of the living tapirs w/ females up to 540kg (~1190lbs) & 2.5m (8.2ft) from long snout to short tail. Tapir is black w/ a distinct white band extending from its stout midline to its hind quarters. Baby Tapirs are similarly distinct and look like black&white watermelon. #2025MMM - ThreadSky

chloejosefson.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Malayan Tapir, largest of the living tapirs w/ females up to 540kg (~1190lbs) & 2.5m (8.2ft) from long snout to short tail. Tapir is black w/ a distinct white band extending from its stout midline to its hind quarters. Baby Tapirs are similarly distinct and look like black&white watermelon. #2025MMM

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mrsroygbiv.bsky.social•3 days ago

#2025MMM

stoatamatic.bsky.social•3 days ago

10 stoatlengths, and a weight of 2.45 kilostoats! #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM

stoatamatic.bsky.social•3 days ago

*correction: 7.35 stoatlengths! A tapir is also as long as 10 stoats are *high*. The standard stoatlength includes its 9cm tail! #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cloud Rat is pretty big… for a rodent, weighing up to 4.6 lb (2.1 kg), measuring up to 30 inches (75 cm) in length, and wearing a sleek dark coat. It also differs from most other rodents in the family Muridae by having one set of mammary glands #YouveSubscribedtoLactationFacts #2025MMM

stoatamatic.bsky.social•3 days ago

2.21 stoatlengths, and a weight of 9.55 stoats #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM

margooutside.bsky.social•3 days ago

Look at that blue eyeliner! #2025MMM

cadnj.bsky.social•3 days ago

And the rippy-teary massive claws. 😳

buckykatt.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Next stop... Lactation Station!" #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

At dusk in the rainforests of the Taninthayi Nature Reserve in Myanmar, Malayan Tapir zigzags between sub-canopy trees, foraging for fruit, shoots, & leaves to meet her need to feed (up to ~4-5% of her body mass in one day!) #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

MEANWHILE, on the island of Luzon, Cloud Rat wakes in a hole of a large tree to begin his active period by looking for new leaves to eat (Maala 2001; Bryk 2004). Cloud Rat surveys the area for humans, its only predator. This species is hunted for culinary and medicinal purposes. #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

#MMMagic translocates Cloud Rat to the rainforest floor in Myanmar, right in the path of tromping Malayan Tapir!! #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cloud Rat immediately lunges toward a tree trunk, climbs a couple feet with his strong claws & forelimbs, making a brief irritated growl (Bryk 2004) at unaware Tapir. #2025MMM

chloejosefson.bsky.social•3 days ago

A tree next to Cloud Rat's tree has some delicious smelling fruit, and Malayan Tapir begins snarfling fruit, turning her rear toward Cloud Rat's who is emitting a brief, irritated growl… #2025MMM

cryptkeeperwasp.bsky.social•3 days ago

You've all seen Baby Ume at https://ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social, right? She's a special little guy #2025MMM

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