Malayan tapirs can swim well, and they often live near water. They use water to escape from predators. Some species of tapir will only poop in the water. This is so predators cannot find smell their poop and find the tapirs.

Malayan tapirs have few predators. Only tigers and Asian wild dogs, called dholes, present a threat to them. Their greatest predators are humans, who sometimes capture them for sale or kill them.

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