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Male okapi displaying his striking horizontal stripes. The okapi is a medium-sized giraffid, standing 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder. Its average body length is about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and its weight ranges from 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb). [25] It has a long neck, and large and flexible ears.
The okapi's neck is long compared to most ruminants, but not nearly so long as the giraffe's. Male giraffes are the tallest of all mammals: their horns reach 5.5 m (18 ft) above the ground and their shoulder 3.3 m (11 ft), whereas the okapi has a shoulder height of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). [9]
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
Kora was born to parents Ada and Stomp as part of an endangered species breeding programme at Chester Zoo
Possessing a foot-long tongue is a huge advantage and this is where the okapi excels. In the above clip, you get to see a masterclass on how to access the higher branches of a tree.
Coyotes can easily reach 48 km/h (30 mph), and can sprint at 65 km/h (40 mph) when hunting. [100] Even without a front foot, a coyote can still run at around 32 km/h (20 mph). [99] Big brown bat (flight) 56–64 km/h (35–40 mph) Big brown bats are reported to be one of the fastest bats reaching speeds of up to 40 mph. [102] Common dolphin
For example, while sound travels at 343 m/s in air, it travels at 1481 m/s in water (almost 4.3 times as fast) and at 5120 m/s in iron (almost 15 times as fast). In an exceptionally stiff material such as diamond , sound travels at 12,000 m/s (39,370 ft/s), [ 2 ] – about 35 times its speed in air and about the fastest it can travel under ...
Reindeer can reach a running speed of almost 50 miles per hour(80 km), though most recorded speeds are between 25 and 35 miles per hour (40-56 km), which is still quite impressive.