Monday, September 27, 2010

Okapia


Okapias are only found in Tropical forests located in NorthernEastern Zaire. Okapias are commonly found in dense rainforests with some type of fresh water souce nearby.
The Okapia looks more like a horse and average body length is 2.5m, and average height is up to their shoulder is 1.5m. The Okapias neck is relatively long and ears are large and very flexible. Their body is a chocolate brown colour, with creamy horizontal stripes on it's legs and thigh area, they also has white socks on ankles. The cheeks, chest and throaght are a whiteish grey or a tan.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Nickola,

    Okapias are bizarre creatures; I've never seen them before.

    :) Mr V

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  2. Wow! that is a really cool animal!

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  3. Thanks Nikola I also have never seen one of these.

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