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Pick a name for a newborn tapir and you could win Bt10,000

Pick a name for a newborn tapir and you could win Bt10,000

Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo, or Korat Zoo, is inviting people to name a newborn tapir and stand a chance to win Bt10,000.

Acting zoo director Narongwit Chodchoy said on Wednesday that a male tapir was born at 2pm on January 10.

He added that the newborn tapir’s father is called “Mafia” and its mother “Singha”.

Pick a name for a newborn tapir and you could win Bt10,000

Those interested can submit a name for the newborn via Korat Zoo’s website or Facebook page until February 7. The result will be announced on the website and Facebook on February 10.

For more information, contact the zoo’s business development and public relations department via mobile phone number 083-3720404.

Pick a name for a newborn tapir and you could win Bt10,000

The tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of Southeast Asia and South and Central America.

Under good conditions, a healthy female tapir can reproduce every two years. A calf is born after a gestation period of about 13 months. The natural lifespan of a tapir is about 25 to 30 years, both in the wild and in zoos.

Tapirs have been classified as one of 15 reserved wild animals in Thailand.

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