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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:30 PM
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Three month old baby Okapi - pics

Three months old baby Okapi named Maiko stands next to its mother Lomela, right, during its first public appearance in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, May 20, 2011.


Three months old baby Okapi named Maiko stands next to its mother Lomela during its first public appearance in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, May 20, 2011.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:32 PM
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1. kinda like a zebra, horse, and antelope combined. cute
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:06 PM
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13. These were once thought to be a myth.
They were widely believed to be just a rumor or a hoax before someone finally found hard evidence of their existence.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:34 PM
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2. They look delightful
Nature just can't seem to be varied enough!
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:36 PM
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3. See, if there was going to be a rapture
God would just have to take that. Too precious and perfect.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:37 PM
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4. I think I had bell bottoms looking exactly like that in 1970.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:37 PM
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5. A zebra created by a comittee.

rocktivity
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:39 PM
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6. Closest relative to the Giraffe
says my resident Giraffe expert, my 15 year old Daughter
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:55 PM
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9. You and she must visit a zoo, if you can, to see a baby giraffe.
I've never seen an animal move so gracefully as a very young giraffe...

If you can...



:hi:
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:30 PM
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15. Yes, they are really cool creatures
We are regulars at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence RI, they have a great giraffe exhibit.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:44 PM
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7. Looks like a Zebra jumped the fence for a Donkey...and the donkey too.
lol
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:51 PM
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8. Lovely. Nt
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:56 PM
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10. I'm against it, completely against it....
....they just don't look right....

"Breeding behaviors include sniffing, circling and licking each other."

"The tongue of the okapi is also long enough for the animal to wash its eyelids and clean its ears (inside and out)."

....that's just not natural....if you ask me, they should hunted to extinction....mmmmmmm, okapi burgers....
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 10:22 PM
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11. i guess humans did that to the quagga.
glad this made it.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:00 AM
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14. Know about the quagga project?
http://www.quaggaproject.org/
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 10:24 PM
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12. Looks Delicious !
:sarcasm:



very cute
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