A beautiful tapir was seen feeding on Nancite beach, Guanacaste. The video was shared on the Facebook wall of Nancite Beach Sea Turtle Monitoring.
According to this site, when the dry season starts, the trees of Guácimo (Guazuma ulmifolia) give their fruits, which are very much desired by tapirs (Tapirus bairdii).
This mammal comes at night in front of the station to feed,”
said the organization.
The Guanacaste Conservation Area indicated that the Nancite Biological Station is located in Playa Nancite, 18 kilometers from the administrative area of the Santa Rosa sector, north of Playa Naranjo.
The site is famous for the massive nesting of olive ridley turtles and the beach is surrounded by the dry forest of the Nancite valley, there is also an estuary and a mangrove swamp. It is possible to observe guatuzas, tapirs, monkeys, deer, raccoons, lizards, and a great variety of insects during the rainy season, birds such as the trogon, guans, magpies, falcons and vultures. The presence of jaguars has been documented especially during the arrivals, as they go hunting the turtles while they spawn,”
explained the Conservation Area on its website.