A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...

The Bergen County Zoo announced the death of Tonka, a 25-year-old Baird's tapir who has lived at the zoo since 2003.

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This baby tapir is too cute to handle.

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Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...