Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Sound on for crunching! 🔊

Malayan tapirs calves typically start eating solid foods between 10 to 14 days of age, but even before then our female calf ‘Nyawa’ was demonstrating interest in the things her mom ‘Sempurna’ was munching! 🥬 We love watching her experience a wild world of flavour! 😋

Stay tuned to our channels for updates about our #WatermelonBabyYYC! 🍉

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