Drinking tapirs
in Artis Zoo,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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This is a detail from a painting I did about 1979. This lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is reaching into its moat for a drink. You can see the blue cast in the animal's eye, which is typical of some tapirs and can be caused either by excessive exposure to light or sometimes by injury.


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