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Another little snip it of an animal and don't forget if it gets too hard to tell from the picture will give hints.
Great job Jayc
it is indeed a picture of an Okapi[img]http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4876528354462528&pid=1.7&w=183&h=188&c=7&rs=1[/img]
As this picture shows, it has a long tongue just like the giraffes and can get up to about 18 inches. HEHEHE if humans had that long of tongue think the girls will want oral more often. :
As you can see the long tongue is so long that the Okapi can actually groom their own ears by themselves without having to rely on the other Okapi to do it for them. Jayc was right about it being a relative of the Giraffe family (Giraffidae). It actually is the only known living relative of the giraffe alive. All the other relatives went extinct a long time ago. Even though it has more of a horse body and zebra backside, these characteristics just help the animal in it's location of the Democratic Republic of Congo forests to help blend into the surroundings.
At one time, it was thought that the Okapi was nocturnal, but they have found out that they are diurnal (active during the day).
Something interesting about this animal is that they can eat some poisonous fungi. They think because of the toxin intake that the Okapi will eat the charcoal off burned trees, for it is antidote for toxins.
A baby Okapi is a nester (stays in one spot) and waits for mother to come feed and take care of the baby. The mother only comes to the baby when it is time for nursing, for what I've heard from one of the keepers at the zoo, it helps reduce the scent around where the baby is and helps protect the baby from any predators around. Another thing I learned from the keepers when we had our first baby Okapi at the zoo, the baby won't defecate for the first month or so which is when the baby is in the intensive part of its nesting. The mother can talk to the baby by using infrasound communications which is too low for us to hear, and this communication is also used by the Elephants for their chit chatting.
This one looks more excited, even if i'm only teasing
mmmmmmmm yes please loved to be teased makes me hot hot hot hot HOT HOT HOT
Since everyone is doing so well in guessing, lets change it up a bit.
This next animal I'm just giving a portion of the picture.
That is the Scientific names and I wasn't going to be mean like that making people give Scientific names
so can anyone tell me the common name for the animal?Next Animal:
Lol good job
yes it is an Asian Elephant. There are a few differences between the African and Asian Elephants and one of those differences are the ears. African Elephants actually have the shape of Africa on their ears. The Asian Elephants also have smaller ears as well.
The Asian Elephant is smaller than the African Elephant. There is also a dip in the Asian Elephants back while the African Elephant has a hump. The Asian Elephant has a couple small humps as well just that it is located on the forehead while the African Elephant has a curved forehead.
The trunk is also different the African has two tips while the Asian only has 1. This way the African can pick up things in its trunk while the Asian just scoops things up.
These are just a few differences that distinguishes these two elephants.
Our next animal:
The Reeve's Muntjac is native to the China and Taiwan areas but has been introduced into the UK and can be found throughout central England now. There numbers are increasing more and more. They also don't have a certain period for breeding but can do it year round
There gestation is a little less than humans for they only have to carry the baby for about 7 months. Can count on me to bring the zoo into the village
Ok so the next animal is a bit harder (mainly cause weekends are busier for me and want to draw some others in as much as possible)
