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8/25/2015

Tapiroslav's sunny journey

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Say "hi!" to Tapiroslav. He is a Mountain tapir* (Tapirus pinchaque). This species is also known as woolly tapir for its curly black/dark brown fur. Woolly tapirs live in Andes in South America and they are endemic to North-western part of the continent. These tapirs are endangered and are considered as living fossils (they are  remnants of a lineage that evolved around 55 million years ago). 

But I don't think Tapiroslav would appreciate being named a living fossil. I think he consider himself rather funny creature with  quite modern lifestyle. Normally he inhabits a wooden shelf in my room and he's 22 times smaller than his real life counterpart ;) He usually spends most of time chatting with other mini tapirs. But this time he wanted to travel with us. So he did! 

We decided to take him with us to Croatia. He didn't take much space in backpack, and he was such a nice travel companion! He liked to whistle some tapir songs early in the morning and it came out that his favourite drink is cocos milk (as you can say seeing his face) . 

Here you can see a handful of photos Tapiroslav wanted to share with you. 
Słoneczna wyprawa Tapirosława

Witajcie, oto Tapirosław! 

Tapirosław jest tapirem górskim (Tapirus pinchaque)* Jest to gatunek pochodzący z Ameryki Południowej, uważany za żywą skamielinę.


Ale nie sądze aby ten przydomek przypadł do gustu Tapirosławowi. Ten zabawny tapirek jest dość niezwykły. Mieszka ze mą w Holandii, jest 22 razy mniejszy niż jego żywy odpowiednik i większość czasu spędza na drewnianej półeczce żartując i śmiejąc się z innymi mini tapirkami. Ale tym razem zapragnął wybrać się z nami w podróż. Nie zajął wiele miejsca w plecaku a jaka była z nim zabawa! Gwizdał co rano tapirowe piosenki i popijał  mleko kokosowe (jak widać po jego   buźce).


W naszej podróży do Chorwacji cały czas zaskakiwał nas pozytywnym podejściem i zabawnymi pomysłami. Zachowywał optymizm nawet w niezbyt zabawnych momentach jak choćby kilkugodzinny korek czasie drogi do domu. Mam nadzieję że w przyszłości znowu się z nami wybierze w jakąś podróż.


Tapirosław chciał się z Wami podzielić zdjęciami z tej wyprawy. Na mapkach poniżej możecie zobaczyć gdzie te zdjęcia były robione.  


Tapirek dziękuje za odwiedzenie tego bloga!


 
Tapiroslav was all the time surprising us with his funny ideas and positive attitude even in harder moments (like standing more than a few hours in traffic jam in our way home :P ) 

Hope he will want to travel with us the next time too. 
On the map you can see where the photos were taken. 
Tapiroslav says "thank you for looking here"! 



Fun fact about Mountain tapirs: they communicate by producing shrill bird-like whistles... :-) 
*Learn more about Mountain tapirs on ARKive  
The species is classified as endangered (EN) by the IUCN Red List 2007

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Roger
8/25/2015 04:47:39 pm

Wonderful life is Mr. Tapiroslav having! What a funny way to present your fabulous sculptures! :-)

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Anna
8/26/2015 05:48:00 am

Thank you Roger! During holidays I finally found some time to play with my toys :)

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    This blog is about my collection of miniature animal models (toys and not only) and about my artworks (mainly small scale animalistic sculptures).  Some posts will also be about real animals, equestrian sport and more.
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