Baby steps...
...as far as I know, this one is still within a fenced enclosure in Colorado Springs.
As an afterthought, can anyone identify this creature?
Is that an Okapi?
Is that an Okapi?
Sheesh ...
According to my Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (circa 1993)...
Yes it is.
Yeppers...
...it is. Supposedly one of the "last discoveries of darkest Africa." One source tells that there are actually more of them in protected places such as zoos than there are in the wild. However, I also think one source said that it was unknown as to how many are in the wild, due to them preferring jungle areas and aren't out in the open. They also tend to not be a herd animal, so many times they live a solitary life until time for breeding.
Baby steps...
...as far as I know, this one is still within a fenced enclosure in Colorado Springs.
As an afterthought, can anyone identify this creature?
When I first looked at this pic, I could swear that it was a "Girphotoshopbra".
When I first looked at this pic, I could swear that it was a "Girphotoshopbra".
This is the video that raised my interest and made me go back to photos I had taken at the Colorado Springs zoo. Sure enough, unknown to me, I had photographed a captured animal that had an interesting history. According to this video, some back in the 1899-1901 period to have believed that they were speculated to have been unicorns.
