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Male okapi displaying his striking horizontal stripes. The okapi is a medium-sized giraffid, standing 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder. Its average body length is about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and its weight ranges from 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb). [25] It has a long neck, and large and flexible ears.
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
View of the Sanctuary of Arantzazu. The name of the sanctuary, the place, and the Virgin are all related to the legend of her appearance. The word arantzazu itself is Basque, made up of "arantza" which means "thorn" [1] and the suffix "zu" indicating "abundance", [2] making the translation "abundance of thorns", making reference to the abundant thorny bushes that grow in the area.
Paleolithic inhabitants of modern day Spain appeared to have traveled a long distance to acquire the raw materials. What did people wear 30,000 years ago? Rare cave discovery in Spain gives a glimpse
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve – an area 13,700 square kilometers, about one-fifth of the Ituri Forest – was created with the help of the Okapi Wildlife Project in 1992. The project continues to support the reserve by training and equipping wildlife guards and by providing assistance to improve the lives of neighboring communities. [1]
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Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after 20 million euros were found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of a probe into the country's largest-ever cocaine bust.. Described as ...
The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills a longstanding gap in the fossil record.