Malayan Tapir

Boulas

Seems to have settled in well, already bixed with biddi and bongo which surprised me a bit
was at twycross sunday (9th) and saw boulas for the first time , he looked amazing and seemed very settled with his ladies , its nice now the bedrooms are opened up since joe passed away , they all seemed to enjoy moving between the rooms
 
was at twycross sunday (9th) and saw boulas for the first time , he looked amazing and seemed very settled with his ladies , its nice now the bedrooms are opened up since joe passed away , they all seemed to enjoy moving between the rooms

I was there aswell and it was my first time seing him also.

1 thing i do not understand is how his younger and smaller brother oumbi is alot more muscular than him.

also oumbi has been making threats to Bolus, naturally to act as alpha male.
 
They are in diffrent enclosures and the glass panels are not in view of each other are they really?
 
How has he been making threats to blous? Like calling or what? They are in diffrent enclosures and the glass panels are not in view of each other are they really?

Oumbie will be able to tell there is another male near by not just by sight but his other senses, so it is very possible he knows that another male is in close proximity.

You also have to remember that Oumbie has been in a bachelor set-up for a long time before coming to Twycross will fearlessly protect his now "found" females from any threat.
 
They are in diffrent enclosures and the glass panels are not in view of each other are they really?

I think they can see each other quite clearly outside. I was told Oumbie was scared of his 'rival' when he first saw Boulas. I imagine he'll have realised by now that he won't enter his space though. He never took any notice of the other enclosure while I was there but both males were never outside at the same time.
 

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