Tapirs are extremely interesting animals. Right from the start, their appearance does not let the attention pass, since they seem almost mythological beings. In general, they look like large pigs but with a kind of trunk per snout, they can be two-colored, measure from 1.3 to two and a half meters in length and weigh up to 300 kilograms. Their closest living relatives are rhinos, although they are also linked to horses.
This mammal usually inhabits the jungle areas of Central and South America, the Andes and Southeast Asia, and consumes only food of plant origin. It is also one of the oldest species to inhabit planet Earth: its first appearances date back to almost 55 million years ago.
But if tapirs tend to attract attention for something, it is because of the enormous size of their virile member. The prehensile penis of tapirs has a special characteristic: it allows them to hold on to the female when it is inside to ensure the success of insemination.
And, while tapirs’ tails do not usually go outside the range of between five and ten centimeters in length, the penis of these jungle animals can exceed one meter in length . Almost as much as his own body. Such is the case that there has been the case of a tapir who, in 2016, was caught managing to scratch himself with his own penis because … That really is innovating and transcending the reproductive function of the genitals!
Even so, their relatives the rhinos surpass them on the scale of the animals with the longest penises in nature, around 1.7 meters , and also the blue whales, with around 2 meters of member. Anyway, in proportion to the rest of their body, it is difficult to snatch the podium among mammals.
