Transcript Okapi

Okapi
By: Kade Pyper
An okapi is a
unique
animal that
lives in
Central
Africa.
This is a picture of a okapi with its baby.
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Description
Habitat
Diet
Survival
Other facts
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Description
An okapi is a mammal
that lives in Central
Africa. They can run 37
miles per hour. They are
also related to giraffes.
Most of them are five
feet tall to their
shoulders. They weigh
about 550 pounds. They
have dark brown striped
hindquarters. An okapi
has toed hooves.
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Habitat
Okapis live in
Central Africa near
the upper Congo
River. Baby okapis
live in a nest. Most
okapis live alone.
And they mark their
territory with their
scent.
This is were okapis live.
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Diet
An okapi is a herbivore
or a plant eater. They
eat leaves, fruit,
shoots, and berries.
They even eat clay .But
they have to travel to
find food. They can
even swallow their food
whole.
Here is a okapi eating
twigs
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Survival
Okapis are endangered
from people. They have
very good hearing and
hide behind plants and
trees when their in
danger. They have very
good hearing so they can
run away. Male okapis
fight their predators and
other okapis. One of their
predators is a leopard.
Lots of people killed
okapis for their skin.
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Other interesting facts
• The okapi is very shy. They are also the
last ancestors to the giraffes. Okapis live
15 to 20 years in captivity. The okapi was
discovered in 1900. Its real name is okapia
johntsoni. They even groom themselves
with their tongue.
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Conclusion
There are no
other animals
quite like the
okapi.
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Bibliography
• Sara Antill, Okapi, 2011
• Enchanted learning, 2015
• A to Z animals, 2015
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