‘Fuzzy watermelon’-looking endangered baby animal named after another fruit, WA zoo says
A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...
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Creature that looks like ‘walking watermelon’ born at WA zoo. See the ‘little miracle’
The creature’s father is Baku, and he’s also 10 and weighs 800 pounds. The pair had a baby boy at the zoo in 2019, The Tacoma News Tribune reported that year. Zoo officials said they will name ...
Point Defiance Zoo welcomes endangered Malayan tapir calf
It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it opened 120 years ago, zoo officials said ...
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‘Fuzzy watermelon’-looking endangered baby animal named after another fruit, WA zoo says
Yuna means kindness and superiority in Japanese, while Baku references a dream-eating creature. The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four tapir species, according to the Tapir Specialist Group.