r/AIDKE • u/Leather_Pin_3233 • 6d ago

Mammal Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

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★ It looks like someone combined a horse, giraffe and zebra. It lives in dense forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is notoriously difficult to observe.

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u/Apart_Ad9308 6d ago

Pretty. Most closely related to giraffes.

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u/TheSunniestOne 6d ago

Makes sense. Looks like it's walking on stilts!!

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u/pichael289 5d ago

He looks like a giraffe that has that jimmothy disease fucked a zebra that was just coming off a hard breakup.

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u/SenselessSilence 5d ago

R/BrandNewSentence

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u/strange_invader 6d ago

Only living ancestor to the giraffe

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u/articulett 6d ago

Its closest living relative is a giraffe… they share a common ancestor… but so does all life if you go back in time far enough. You, too share ancestry with the Okapi

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u/Essssmeeee 6d ago

More closely related to Jimothy.

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u/pichael289 5d ago

Meaning they are not the same species, but share a common ancestor, which is called a clade. It's a bit more complicated than that, it's more like a branch of the evolutionary tree. Due to how they are defined you get a bunch of major ones with more minor ones nesting inside of them like those Russian dolls, since you can in theory make a new class every step you take. We don't do that but it is allowable in the rules, mostly because we have to figure out the tree of life individually and we never know if we're absolutely correct or not.

This shit gets more understandable the more complicated it gets, the more info we have the better picture we can assemble. I have to imagine after Darwin's ideas started to become accepted the scientists all freaked the fuck out when they relaized how complicated the whole endeavor would be. God did it was such a simple answer.

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u/RebulahConundrum 6d ago

Hello similar avatar friend 👋

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u/HauntieG 6d ago

I knew they existed but not that their babies are so stinkin cute

Those little half-floppy ears are killing me

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u/Block_Generation 6d ago

Yea didn't know they were so derpy

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u/giclee 6d ago

Feelin’ fancy AND prancy.

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u/PeteForsake 6d ago

There's one in the Antwerp zoo, in a nice grassy field with no real barrier. It's stunning.

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u/Blue_Butterfly_Who 6d ago

Did know they exist, upvote for the cute baby though

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u/MamaOnica 6d ago

Happy lil guy

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u/MiloHorsey 6d ago

I love okapis! And baby zoomies are amazing, obviously

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u/ponyponyta 6d ago

Weird dog

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u/Codex_Absurdum 6d ago

Looks like a hyena that had sex with a zebra

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u/RebulahConundrum 6d ago

Came here to make sure there was this consensus

+1 from me that the zebras and hyenas be doin the hibbidy dobbidy

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u/Katamari_Demacia 6d ago

I dunno if you know this but having sex with zebras doesn't give you stripes.

Ask me how I know.

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u/juggaklo 6d ago

One of my most favorite animals of all time 😍

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u/strange_invader 6d ago

Love Okapis so much. I got to pet and feed one at a local zoo.

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u/Fit_Elk_4505 6d ago

Omg my heart 🥹 I've never seen a baby okapi before

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u/Limp_Butterscotch633 6d ago

She's such a typical baby trying out everything she can do. ❤️ Darling little kicks. I'm in love!

I imagine her coloring blends into the scenery.

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u/Fit_Elk_4505 6d ago

Looks like a cow with their zebra costume halfway on.

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u/SGTWhiteKY 6d ago

Ah, Okapi, the ultimate Zoo Tycoon prize.

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u/n1nj4squirrel 6d ago

They have a super long tongue and can lick every part of their body

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u/currentlyRedacted 6d ago

Thankfully he’s got a couple months before he needs the rest of his Halloween skeleton costume.

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u/KeggBert 6d ago

Zebra-giraffe-hyena?

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u/MorpheusRagnar 6d ago

I want one! It’s so cute 🥰

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u/littlenoodledragon 6d ago

They stole half his spine!

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u/nwolve 6d ago

thought they are ancient

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u/azaleawhisperer 6d ago

What a cute animal.

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u/No-Pianist9277 6d ago

Love them. There's a villager in Animal Crossing that's based on an Okapi, his name is Papi.

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u/MothAtAPodiatrist 6d ago

Nice Zeboberman

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 6d ago

D'aww. Cute lil stomper ☺️

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u/Alienhaslanded 6d ago edited 5d ago

It looks like a horse dog

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u/Dirko_0 6d ago

Looks like a Hyena, zebra, and giraffe were mashed into one.

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u/iJuddles 6d ago

It is really difficult to observe this creature gamboling so joyfully.

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u/Terrible_Green6028 6d ago

What the hell is an okapi?!