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The video has amassed over 1 million views on the platform, but, as the Cincinnati Zoo details on its site and many TikTok users called out, the animal is an okapi and not a genetic experiement.
Although the okapi has striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and has a typical body length around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in).
It's almost as if its bottom half is a zebra, but according to Tree Hugger, they actually belong to the giraffe family. They also say that okapis are elusive, "About 100 live at zoos around the ...
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.
Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half tortoise. Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a horse, and the tails of a fish. Scorpion man – Half-man half-scorpion. Serpopard – A creature that is part-snake and part-African leopard.
The pronghorn's closest living relatives are the giraffe and okapi. [14] The Antilocaprids are part of the infraorder Pecora , making them distant relatives of deer , bovids , and moschids . The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Americas, with running speeds of up to 88.5 km/h (55 mph).
It’s the 18th okapi calf born at the zoo since 1989, and the fourth offspring for mom Kuvua, according to the zoo.
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