ab-okapi

=__Okapi | Okapia Jonstoni __ =  


=Physical Description: The Okapi has a long tongue, split hoofs, zebra stripes on it's legs, and it's neck is about a meter long! = ==Size: It's about 1 and a half meters but can get bigger. ==

Average lifespan:
**The lifespan in the wild is unknown, but in captivity they can live up to fifteen years!** =Habitat: They live in damp, marshy, thick rainforests. =  = = =Range:  They are indigenous to Eastern Zaire = =<span style="display: block; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Diet: <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">They eat fruits, shoots, fungi, and leaves. = =<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Behavior & adaptations to its way of life: <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Its' tongue is long and very coordinated. It uses it to clean itself and pick up branches or even pull leaves out of trees! = =<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">How it reproduces: <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Okapi's reproduce with a placena. Its gestation period is over two years! = <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">

===<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Citations: <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #800080; text-align: center;">Chriatiansen, Per. //The Encyclopedia of Animals//. London: Amber Books, 2006. Print. ===