Capt. Boyd Alexander, writing from Angu, Africa, says the Alexander-Gosling expedition obtained the skin of an okapi, and, furthermore, saw the animal alive. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...
The juxtaposition of this animal and this song brings up questions of what we as humans are doing when we bring these creatures into zoos to gawk at them. Okapi may look like a type of deer or ...
When competition for resources is fierce, being able to reach food that other animals cannot get to is a bonus. Possessing a foot-long tongue is a huge advantage and this is where the okapi excels.
The official count, a legal requirement of the zoo's licence, saw more than 500 animals across 145 species totted up. A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered ...