Today we discuss a creature that’s very close to my heart, the Baird’s tapir. It’s an enormous, elephant-nosed, whistling, puddle-pooper. What’s not to love? Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is known as a danta in Spanish. The Baird in the English name comes from Spencer Fullerton Baird, an American naturalist who became the first curator of […] The post Costa Rica’s Mighty Baird’s Tapir is the Quiet Giant of the Forest appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .