Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Okapi


The okapi (okapia jonstoni) is the only living relative of the giraffe. Though their hind legs resemble a zebra's it is not closely related to them. An okapi's tongue is long enough to lick it's ears and eyes, and happens to be the only animal that can lick it's own ears. The ears are large and so they can hear predators, like the leopard.
Okapi are mainly solitary and only are found in groups during breeding, with the exceptions of a mother with her young. They live in the 500 to 1,000 feet in altitude in the mountains of the montane rainforests, but sometimes go over 1,000 feet; though rarely.

The okapi are herbivorous and are known by some as the; African unicorn.

2 comments:

  1. That is interesting. How come they are related to the giraffe?

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  2. Y, i don't know why they are related to the giraffe, but they are!
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