Okapi Facts: a Giraffe's ONLY Living Relative 🦒 Animal Fact Files
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- The okapi is the only living relative of the giraffe. Though an okapi doesn't have the same long neck as a giraffe, each of these animals have the same number of neck vertebrae. Learn more okapi facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Okapia johnstoni
Range: Central, sub-Saharan Africa
Habitat: rainforest above 1,000 feet (300m)
Size: 400-700 or more pounds (181-318kg), about 5 feet (1.5m) at the shoulder
Diet: leaves, leaf bids, flowers, fruits, etc.
Threats: leopards, servals, golden cats, humans, etc.
Lifespan: 15-30 years in captivity; unknown in the wild
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Okapi THE CRYPTID 0:00
Okapi APPEARANCE 0:38
Okapi HABITAT 1:34
Okapi ENDANGERED 2:18
Okapi LIFE CYCLE 2:56
Okapi DIET 3:58
Okapi VS GIRAFFE 4:38
Thanks! 4:58
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They have such a keen sense of fashion, I don't see why they're so shy.
Unfortunately it's because they have so many predators and poachers. They've evolved to be solitary and cautious.
@@fighterck6241 jealousy is an ugly affair
@@fighterck6241 the poaching is a shame, predation on the other hand really can't be bad.
so this is the titan who kidnap Armin
Real
This is so interesting. A few years ago we were at a zoo and I asked what giraffes were related to and no one had an answer lol
Love these pretty little creatures
Glad you found an answer here!
@@AnimalFactFiles yes thank you so much!!!!
Okapis and Giraffes are each other's closest relatives. Both also fall under the artiodactyl category. Their next closest relatives are pronghorn antelope.
Ever since I first learned about the okapi while playing zoo tycoon, they've held a special place in my heart. What do you think of these mammals?
We have another cool video about the okapi's relative, the giraffe. Check it out here:
Giraffe Facts - th-cam.com/video/dmGQEf_4nm8/w-d-xo.html
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It's hard to imagine a small little serval taking out an okapi. I'm used to thinking of servals as rodent killers.
Servals go after young okapi!
Mikasa: "What the hell's an okapi?!"
There's a kids story that says a 🦒, a 🦓 and a 🐴 raised a mystery animal who turned out to be an okapi!
thank you!!! okapis are one of my favorite animals!!! 💕💖
Awe that's great! So glad you enjoyed the video!!
these guys are like a combination of a zebra, horse, antelope, and giraffe🤯
uuuuuu. this was awesome. More animals like these. ❤ Like it is. As always. ☺
Thanks so much! 😻
They are so beautiful!! I've never heard of these animals before watching this video. Thank you!!!
So glad you learned something new here!
@@AnimalFactFiles Me too! I'm a new subscriber and I'll be watching numerous videos you have posted. I love animals and wildlife and reptiles and on and on... thank you!
Giraffe: Who do you think you are? Okapi: Your cousin of course.
Pretty cool animal. I didn't even know they existed before your video. So, thanks for the introduction!
That's so cool you learned something new! Glad you enjoyed it!!
@@AnimalFactFiles I always learn something new. It's just that this time, everything I learned was new. 😀
Never heard of them until today. Interesting and unique in my book.
Glad you learned something new!
World Okapi Day brought these beautiful creatures to my attention. I'm surprised that I never knew about them. Thanks for this video!
Glad you learned something new 🥰
CUTIE PIE! 🥰🤗🇨🇦💖
They are very beautiful animals and probably endangered
Can you do fact files on falanoucs?
Happy #WorldOkapiDay!
Could you do the pronghorn?
idk why…but they look so prehistoric:’)
aot reference
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Do a pronghorn, do a pronghorn!
For sure! That one is on our list!
Wait ..... do Servals even live in dense forested areas? I'd say the only threat to Leopards because Servals and African Golden Cats are tiny and wouldn't really pose a threat to Animals as big as Okapis.
And they have two toes/split hooves
The pronghorn is a relative of the giraffe.
The pronghorn is a tentative member of that family tree, actually.
Actually, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is classified in its own family (Antilocapridae), which belongs to a broader superfamily known as Giraffoidea, which is the most basal living taxon of pecorans.
@@indyreno2933 Thank you for clarification.
3:44 Look how beautiful and shiny their coats are. They’re such a gorgeous and unique looking animal.
Can they be domesticated ?
And they have a hand on their tongue
Pronghorned deer are actually also related to both the okapi and giraffe as they are it's closest living relatives
I'm also quite surprised anyone thought they were closely related to horses and zebra's since they are a two toed ungulate 🤔 maybe this was before any had been observed by scientists?
Sogga soft cat can take down an Okapi? Jeez
Certain tribes hunt these things and the skin around the hind quarters are never the same, the tribesman wears the tanned skins and sometimes the kill is a rite of passage for the young males.
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