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SAN ANTONIO – A rare okapi calf was born at the San Antonio Zoo earlier this week — a conservation win for an endangered species. San Antonio Zoo officials made the announcement Wednesday ...
The okapi calf stops for a snack. He is already nearly triple his birth size, the zoo says. The new baby, who hasn’t been named yet, was born to first-time mother and father Mahaheli and Mpangi.
The calf is from a species called okapi, the only living relative of the giraffe, the zoo said in a news release. Okapis are from the rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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They may look like a zebra, but in reality they are more closely related to a giraffe. And their tongues grow up to 14 inches long, which helps them strip leaves from vegetation when they are eating.
They may look like a zebra, but in reality they are more closely related to a giraffe. And their tongues grow up to 14 inches long, which helps them strip leaves from vegetation when they are eating.
The okapi, known as “the forest giraffe,” is similar in appearance to a deer crossed with a zebra. Scientists say there is no exact number of okapi in the wild, but their estimates are grim.
Okapi can weigh 440 to 770 pounds. Its long neck and stripes “are most likely the source of its zebra giraffe nickname,” the World Atlas said.
Okapi can weigh 440 to 770 pounds. Its long neck and stripes “are most likely the source of its zebra giraffe nickname,” the World Atlas said.
A 4-year-old okapi is expected to give birth in July at a Louisiana species survival center. Only 82 of them are kept in 28 zoos nationwide, officials said.