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Keeper and Mountain Tapir - 1987

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September 1987
 
Taken 2 years after my training there. She could very well be the same keeper I worked with. Just a funny moment of reflection; notice her staying in front of the Tapir? I was always warned of the consequences of standing directly behind them, leading to being possibly "sprayed!" And they do secrete their waste with a powerful straight projectile. I found them to be very docile to work with, just as portrayed in the photograph.
 
Yeah, I've seen the keeper go into their exhibit to clean it or feed them with the tapirs still on exhibit. It's funny because they follow their keeper around the exhibit like if they were his pets.
 
interesting in this photo, the tapir at first to me looked like a alert dog.
 
The first Mountains I met were a pair in Wilhelma, Stuttgart. They were also very placid and th e keepers would go in with them too.

Of course, keepers in some zoos go in with the other species as well. And some have been badly injured.
 

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