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Whitewater CE Primary School

World Tapir Day

Dear Otters,

Happy World Tapir Day! I hope you all had a restful and fun weekend and are ready to get back to your home learning today. Tapirs are fascinating creatures, so I hope you take some time to learn more about them. 

What is your favourite tapir fact? Leave it in the comments below!

Love from,

Ms Lamble

(The lovely tapir and baby illustration is by AmbersTextiles and can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/778027763/malayan-tapir-baby-print-botanical-print?ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1)

  • Otter Remy 4 years ago
    Hi Ms Lamble! I had a very nice weekend, hope you did too! How are your cats doing? Are they behaving? My Bob is sleeping all day long! My favourite fact about tapir is that the baby tapir doesn't look like mummy tapir at all, they have spots and zebra strips. Also tapirs are not a pigs :D but they do look a bit like pigs, because they have a snout. Hope you have a good Monday! Miss all my Otter friends and otter teachers! Love Remy xxxx
  • Leo Otter 4 years ago
    Hi Ms Lamble, I liked learning about tapirs! My favourite fact is that they use their snouts as a snorkle! I hope you are having fun times. I am enjoying reading lots! I hope I'll see you soon. Love Leo
  • Seren 4 years ago
    Hello Ms Lamble, I watched a video about Tapir’s and it said that their ancestors have been around for 35 million years! Wow! Miss you Seren ✨🦦 x
  • Otter lola 4 years ago
    Tapirs have stripes when they’re babies but they don’t have stripes when they’re grown ups 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾💕💕🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵💝💝💝💝💝💝💜💜💜💜💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️❤️🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🐞🦄🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🦋🦋🦋🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐅🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐅🐅🐬🐅🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🦢🐈🐈🐈🦢🐓🐓🐓🐓🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐁🐁
  • Otter Sylvi 4 years ago
    Hi Ms Lamble, I knew about the tapir from a book in school. Mummy didn't know what a tapir was. Tapirs are endangered and I really like their long nose which looks quite cute. I like the fact that they have 14 toes, 4 on each front foot and 3 on each back foot. I learned that they are closely related to horses and rhinos. I like that the babies are white striped. They live in Belize we looked it up on Google maps. Love Sylvi xxx
  • Bianca 4 years ago
    Dear Ms. Lamble. I like tapirs and I saw couple of them in Cotswold Zoo which is one of mine favourite places! I hope I will return there soon, perhaps on my Birthday in June. I was very lucky today, on my walk with my dogs I found seven leaf clover! I can’t wait to show you when we are back in school. Love Bianca
  • Otter Olivia 4 years ago
    Hello Ms Lamble and my friends, Hope you had a good weekend. Thank you for your messages. I really love to read them. My favourite fact about tapir is that they can eat more than I weigh! Lots of love Olivia (and Zachary) 😍🥰😘🌸
  • Otter Freya 4 years ago
    Dear Ms Lamble, my favourite fact is that some people call the baby tapirs Walking Watermelons because of the stripes on them. They are so cute! lots of love from Freya xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Remy, I had a lovely weekend, thank you. Yes, Percy and Wilbur are behaving and enjoying spending lots of time outside. Say hi to Bob for me! I love your tapir fact, I hadn't thought about it but baby tapirs do look very different to their mums! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Leo, I'm pleased to hear you're enjoying reading. What a great fact - I'd like a snorkel snout for when I'm swimming! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Seren, WOAH, that's a long time! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Lola, It's so funny that their stripes disappear! Do you think they miss them? Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Sylvi, What lovely facts. I think it's fascinating that they have a different number of toes on their front and back feet. I like their long noses too, they're all snuffly! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Bianca, Wow, you're so lucky to have seen tapirs in real life. Did you think they were big or small? I can't wait to see your seven leaf clover! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Olivia (and Zachary), I love reading your messages too! Mrs Jolliffe told me that she saw you the other day and that you have grown really tall. It's amazing that a tapir can eat more than you weigh - they don't look very big in the pictures, where do they put it all?! Love from, Ms Lamble
  • Ms Lamble 4 years ago
    Dear Freya, What a great nickname! Although I'm not sure they'd be as delicious as watermelons... Love from, Ms Lamble