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Bucktastic
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Thats funny......I thought the exact same thing while posting those pics. :)
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when I Google KUDO... this is the first picture I get...
That's a kudu. They have greater kudus and lesser kudus, two different species based on size.
Cool animals with spiral horns.
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
Ok. Who can name this animal's nearest evolutionary relative? Since we're on the subject of obscure african herbivores.
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Ok. Who can name this animal's nearest evolutionary relative? Since we're on the subject of obscure african herbivores.
Without looking it up, since I apparently need to say that, is that an okapi?
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Brewtus
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And if I recall correctly, the okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is the only known living relative of the giraffe and was first described to western science by P. L. Sclater in 1901. Henry Stanley first penetrated the dense Ituri Forest of the Congo in 1890, exposing the existence of the okapi in his book "In Darkest Africa". In his writings, he remarked of his surprise when the native Wambutti pygmies didn't marvel at his horses, saying that they sometimes caught a donkey-like animal in their pits, which they called o'api (misinterpreted by Stanley as atti). Rumors of this strange, ass-like animal reached Sir Johnston, which spurred him to make a journey into the Congo in 1899. After winning the confidence of the Wambutti, Johnston was able to learn more about the mysterious atti - including its real name. After hearing its description - a dark brown animal resembling a donkey with striped legs - Johnston was sure that the o'api was a species of forest zebra still awaiting a scientific description. Later that year, in the Belgian Fort at Mbeni, Johnston was able to obtain two headbands, made from the striped pieces of okapi skins, which he sent to the Zoological Society of London in 1900. From these pieces of skin, an announcement of a new species - Equus johnstoni - was made. Back in the Congo, Johnston was shown a set of tracks by the natives, which they insisted were made by an okapi. However, as the tracks were cloven-hoofed, Johnston dismissed them as they did not fit his notion that the okapi was a member of the horse family. Meanwhile Karl Eriksson, Commandant at Fort Mbeni, was able to secure a complete skin and two skulls, which he sent to Johnston. Armed with these findings, Johnston wrote back to the Zoological Society of London, sending the priceless cargo along. The skulls were the key to the puzzle, allowing scientists to determine that this new species was not a horse, but a forest giraffe. Okapi is a corruption of the native name o'api. Sir Harry H. Johnston (1858-1927), explorer and author, discovered the okapi while in the Colonial Administration of British Central Africa.
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for those of you who, like myself, are saying what the fuck is an okapi....prepare to have your world rocked:
It's a fuckin zebra hyena giraffe combo. must've been a crazy zoo orgy.
It's a fuckin zebra hyena giraffe combo. must've been a crazy zoo orgy.
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