When my west coast brother informed me that today is "National Devil Dog Day," "Morse Code Day" and "World Tapir Day" I knew I had a tough decision to make. Which one should I write about? I quickly eliminated "Morse Code Day" because the only Morse code I know is ...---... and that isn't frequently needed. So now it was down to devil dogs or tapirs. After some quick searching I discovered that "Devil Dogs" can refer to either members of the US Marine Corps, or a snack cake. Both admirable but also known about. On the other hand "World Tapir Day" is an annual call to action to protect tapirs and their habitat. That piqued my interest. Tapirs are considered umbrella species, meaning that by protecting them, we also protect a whole host of other flora and fauna that share their forest home. It seems like a good reason to protect them. Their numbers are diminishing in many areas but one species, the Baird's Tapir, is thriving in Belize. Thank you Belize.
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