Zebra’s stripes, a giraffe’s long tongue and a horse’s velvet coat
- "Okapi is pronounced “oh-KOP-ee.”- Okapis are herbivores. They eat twigs, leaves and vegetation. They also eat charcoal and red clay.
- Okapis prefer to be alone.
- Okapis create trails to find their way through the dense forest.
- The elusive animals hid in the forest and would dash away at the sound of intruders.
- Okapi calves nest and nap for the first few weeks of their life.
- Okapis do not urinate until they are about 1 month old and do not defecate until they are 2 to 3
months old. Researchers believe it helps keep predators away from the calf’s nest.
- Okapis can communicate through infrasound, vocalizations below the human hearing range."
Melissa Repko The Dallas Morning News for full article see:
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