<html lang&equals;"en"><head><meta name&equals;"robots" content&equals;"index&comma; follow"&sol;>&NewLine;&NewLine;<title>Tapirback's Homepage - Tapirs&comma; Wildlife Gifts and more<&sol;title>&NewLine;&NewLine;<meta name&equals;"description" content&equals;"Home of The Tapir Preservation Fund">&NewLine;&NewLine;<meta name&equals;"keywords" content&equals;"tapir&comma; gift&comma; conservation&comma; rain forest&comma; rainforest&comma; animal&comma; zoo&comma; endangered species&comma; jungle&comma; baird's&comma; lowland&comma; brazilian&comma; malay&comma; malayan&comma; asian&comma; mountain&comma; andes&comma; andean&comma; perissodactyl&comma; ungulate&comma; tapirus&comma; bairdii&comma; bairdi&comma; terrestris&comma; pinchaque&comma; roulini&comma; dowi&comma; dowii&comma; elasmognathus&comma; indicus&comma; high desert martial arts&comma; dinosaurs&comma; journey wandering paths&comma; filipino cooking&comma; noodles&comma; sports connection&comma; duathlon&comma; triathlon&comma; 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a rubbery snout&comma; and walks under water&quest;"><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Unique gifts<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">Tons o' tapirs&colon; "Buy a gift&comma; save an endangered species&excl;"<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;center><blockquote>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3>Tapir Preservation Fund<&sol;h3>&NewLine;Sheryl is President of this nonprofit corporation&period; Tapirs have been Sheryl's passion since 1968&comma; and maybe before that &lpar;her mom says she was fascinated by a young tapir at the San Diego Zoo as a child&comma; but she doesn't&comma; unfortunately&comma; remember this&rpar;&period; In the late 1960s&sol;early 1970s&comma; she Robert Wilson raised two of these endangered animals&comma; formed the Tapir Research Institute of Claremont&comma; California&comma; and published some survey results that are still cited in zoological publications&period; You can learn more about the Tapir Preservation Fund&comma; its mission and goals&comma; <b>here<&sol;b>&period; And you can learn lots more about tapirs &lpar;and see their beautiful pictures&rpar; in <b>The Tapir Gallery<&sol;b>&period; <i>We appreciate your interest&excl;<&sol;i><br><br><br>&NewLine;<center>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3>So&comma; what the heck is a tapir&quest; &lpar;See below&period;&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;<table>&NewLine;<tr><td valign&equals;"bottom" align&equals;"center">&NewLine;<img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;tapirback&period;com-yz11s&period;jpg" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"74" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;"Baird's tapir"><br><font size&equals;"2">Baird's tapir<&sol;font>&NewLine;<&sol;td>&NewLine;&NewLine;<td valign&equals;"bottom" align&equals;"center">&NewLine;<img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;tapirback&period;com-sandia&period;jpg" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"103" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;"Mountain tapir"><br><font size&equals;"2">Mountain tapir<&sol;font>&NewLine;<&sol;td>&NewLine;&NewLine;<td valign&equals;"bottom" align&equals;"center">&NewLine;<img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;tapirback&period;com-tap049c&period;jpg" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"72" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;"Asian tapir"><br><font size&equals;"2">Asian tapir<&sol;font>&NewLine;<&sol;td>&NewLine;&NewLine;<td valign&equals;"bottom" align&equals;"center">&NewLine;<img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;tapirback&period;com-wood3s&period;jpg" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"70" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;"Lowland tapir"><br><font size&equals;"2">Lowland tapir<&sol;font> &NewLine;<&sol;td><&sol;tr><&sol;table><&sol;b><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;center><blockquote>Looking for books&comma; videos&comma; games&comma; software&comma; music CDs&quest; Check this out&period; If you buy from Amazon&period;com starting with the search link below&comma; a percentage will be donated to the <b>Tapir Preservation Fund<&sol;b>&period; This money will help save endangered tapirs AND their rainforest habitat&period; AND&comma; if you wonder why we have to work so hard to promote this important animal&comma; just try using "tapir" as your search word&period; We and the tapirs thank you&excl;<br>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;&NewLine;<center>&NewLine;<div method&equals;"get" action&equals;"&num;"> &NewLine; <table border&equals;"1" cellpadding&equals;"0" cellspacing&equals;"0" align&equals;"center"> &NewLine; <tr> &NewLine; <td valign&equals;"top" bgcolor&equals;"&num;000000" align&equals;"center"> &NewLine; &NewLine;&NewLine; <img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;tapirback&period;com-logo&period;gif" border&equals;"0" vspace&equals;"0" alt&equals;"Amazon&period;com&NewLine; logo"> &NewLine; <&sol;td> &NewLine; <td valign&equals;"top" bgcolor&equals;"&num;ffffff" align&equals;"center" width&equals;"55&percnt;"> &NewLine; <br> Enter keywords&period;&period;&period; &NewLine; <center> <input type&equals;"text" name&equals;"keyword" size&equals;"20" value&equals;" "> &NewLine; <input type&equals;"hidden" name&equals;"tag" value&equals;"thetapirpreservaA"><&sol;center> &NewLine; <input type&equals;"submit" border&equals;"0" value&equals;"Book Search" name&equals;"Search"> &NewLine; <br> &NewLine; <br> &NewLine; <&sol;td> &NewLine; <&sol;tr> &NewLine; <&sol;table> &NewLine; <&sol;div> &NewLine;<br>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- -- OTHER STUFF ON SHERYL'S WEB SITE -- -->&NewLine;&NewLine;<br><hr>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"6"><b>Other stuff on Sheryl's web site<&sol;b><&sol;font>&NewLine;<hr><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Journey of Wandering Paths<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">A non-linear trip<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Palisade Sunsets<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">A few photos I took<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Photos<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">Photos plus some links&period;<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Places<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">Links to places&comma; mainly pictures&period;<br>&NewLine;Colorado&comma; Oregon&comma; Paris&comma; Florence&comma; and Rome are included so far&period;<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Noel Thomas&colon; Watercolors<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">&period; &period; &period; one of Astoria&comma; Oregon's&comma; finest artists and all-around cool person&period;<br>&NewLine;I've had the privilege of getting to know Noel in Royal Nebeker's drawing class<br>&NewLine;at Clatsop Community College&period;<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Dinosaurs in dredlocks&excl;<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">Don't miss this one<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- -- LINKS -- -->&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr width&equals;"350">&NewLine;<font size&equals;"4"><b>Sheryl's Links<&sol;b><&sol;font>&NewLine;<hr width&equals;"350"><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Links I Like<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">A few of my favorites<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<b><font size&equals;"4">Art Links<&sol;font><&sol;b><br>&NewLine;<font size&equals;"2">From early to contemporary<&sol;font><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;<br><center>Only after the last tree has been cut down&comma;<br>&NewLine;only after the last river has been poisoned&comma;<br>&NewLine;only after the last fish has been caught&comma;<br>&NewLine;only then will you find that money can not be eaten&period;<br>&NewLine;<i>CREE INDIAN PROPHECY<&sol;i><&sol;center><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;Want to see how fast <i>Homo sapiens<&sol;i> is populating the world&quest;<br>&NewLine;CHECK THIS OUT&excl;<br><br><br><br><br>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3>Write to Sheryl&colon; 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