Okapis

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OKAPIS

• The okapi is a mammal
• The okapis are in the family of the giraffe
• The okapi eats plants
• The okapi is brow with white stripes in there legs

ADAPTATIONS OF THE OKAPI

ADAPTATION

• The okapi are very tall so they can reach the leaves of the trees
• The okapi have long tongue so they can take off the leaves
• Their tongue is about 18 inches long
• The okapis have long ears to hear every sound that means danger

POPULATION OF THE OKAPIS OVER YEARS

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WHERE THE OKAPI CAN BE FOUND

The okapi are only found in a small rainforest in Africa.
It is called the Ituri forest and it is in the democratic republic of Congo.
There is also many zoos around the world that they have okapis

THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE OKAPI

The okapi live in the rainforest. The rainforest is hot. In the rainforest are many plants and trees.

WHY THE OKAPI IS GETTING EXTINCT

The okapi is going to be extinct because the okapi is a target because of their skin. Another reason is because of the war of Congo.

WAHT ARE THE PEOPLE DOING TO HELP

One way they are protecting the okapis is by putting them in zoo so they the people can't hunt them. There is a wildlife reserve made in 1992. There is a web side named saveTheokapi.com

WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO TO HELP

I think they should make a law to protect the okapi. I also think that it should be a okapi day.

WHAT ACTION I AM GOING TO DO

I am going to mail my family. I am also going to mail some friends of my class.

FOOD WEB OF THE OKAPI

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WHERE I FIND MY INFORMATION

INFORMATION

• www.ehow.com/info_8483365_do_okapis.html
• www.iucnredlist.org/details/1518810
• SaveTheokapi.com
• www.wcs.org/saving-wildlife/hoofed-mammals/okapi.aspx.
• www.arkive.org/okapi/okapia-johnstony/

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE OKAPI

FACTS

• The eat 40 to 60 leaves a day
• The okapi live about 30 years old
• The existence of the okapi was confirmed, for the first time, in Congo, in the year 1901.

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