For years, the Bigfoot deniers have said that they'd believe there is such thing as a Bigfoot if only we hadn't found every large animal there is earth. Skeptics are wrong about this -- there are still many large animals out there that's really good at hiding. Cryptozoology about the study of hidden animals and it's all to easy to dismiss things based on the lack of physical evidence. We believe if you give researchers enough time, they will eventually produce something awesome, like a photograph you can't deny. For example, take a good look at the animal in the photo above. That. My friends is a trail cam photograph of Tapirus kabomani, or the Kobomani tapir. It is the fifth tapir found in the world and the first to be discovered since 1865. According to the Journal of Mammology, it is also the first mammal in the order Perissodactyla (which includes tapirs, rhinos, and horses) found in over a hundred years. Scientists are saying this is the largest land mammal to be uncovered in decades. The website, Mongabay, describes how they uncovered the animal:
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