ʻO kahi artiodactyl me kahi helehelena kupaianaha, kahi pili loa o nā giraffe a me kahi lunamakaʻāinana wale nō o kāna ʻano - ʻo Johnston's okapi, a i ʻole ke kapa ʻia e nā pygmies o ʻApelika Waena he "lio ulu lāʻau".
Okapi
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Kūkulu ʻia ʻo Okapi mai kekahi mau holoholona. ʻO nā wāwae o ka ʻapiapi i kaha ʻia i ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, e like me ka zebra. ʻO kaʻaʻahu ma ke kino ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, a ma kekahi mau wahi ʻane ʻane ʻeleʻele. ʻOkoʻa ke kala o ke poʻo o ka ʻapiapi: mai nā pepeiao a i nā pāpālina a me ka ʻāʻī, ʻaneʻane keʻokeʻo ka lauoho, ʻeleʻele ka lae a ma lalo a hiki i ka ihu, a ʻeleʻele ka ihu ponoʻī. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka ʻapiapi ka lelo lōʻihi me ka holoi ʻana o ka ʻkapi i kona mau maka a me nā pepeiao.
Eia kekahi, kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o nā kāne okapi wale nō nā ossicons (nā pepeiaohao liʻiliʻi). Ua like ʻo Okapi me ka lio i ka nui a me ke ʻano. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o kahi holoholona makua ma nā mea mae wale i 170 kenimika, a ʻo kona kaumaha ma kahi o 200 - 250 kilokilo. Hiki i ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka holoholona i ʻelua mau mika.
Kahi noho
I ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe, hiki ke loaʻa ka okapi ma kahi wale nō - aia kēia ma ka palena o ka Demokalaka Lepupalika o Kongo. ʻO nā pāka aupuni (Solonga, Maiko a me Virunga) i hana kūikawā ʻia ma ka hikina a me nā ʻākau o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka lehulehu e kau ana ma kā lākou ʻāina. ʻO ka nohona o nā wahine he palena palena ʻole a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopili ʻia me kekahi. Akā ʻaʻohe palena o nā kāne, akā noho mau nō lākou me ka noho kaʻawale.
He aha ka mea e ʻai ai
He holoholona picky loa ʻo Okapi i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka papaʻai nui nā lau ʻōpio, a ka okapi e huki ai mai nā lālā lāʻau. Me kona alelo lōʻihi, apo ka ʻkapi i kahi lālā lālā a ʻūlū i nā lau ʻōpio momona me kahi neʻe ʻana i lalo i lalo.
ʻIke ʻia nō hoʻi e makemake ka "lio ulu lāʻau" i ka mauʻu i kāna papaʻai. ʻAʻole ia e hōʻole i nā ferns a i nā lau, nā hua like ʻole, nā hua. ʻIke ʻia e ʻai ana ka ʻapi i ka pālolo (nona ka paʻakai a me ka paʻakai), a me ka nānahu. ʻO ka mea nui paha, hoʻohui ka holoholona i kēia mau mea i kāna papaʻai e mālama i ke kaulike mineral i ke kino.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
Ma muli o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻkapi i kahi nohona hūnā loa, loaʻa ka nui o ka nani a pale maikaʻi ʻia, he mau ʻenemi kūlohelohe kona. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka leopadi ahiu ka mea hoʻohiki loa. Hiki i nā Hyenas ke hoʻouka aku iā okapi. Ma nā wahi o ka hoʻoinu wai, hoʻoweliweli ka crocodiles i ka okapi.
E like me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he nui, ʻo ka ʻenemi nui ke kāne. Hoʻohuli ʻole ka hoʻoneoneo ʻana i ka heluna kanaka o nā holoholona okapi kupaianaha.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
- Alakaʻi ʻo Okapi i kahi nohona kaʻawale, a ʻike wale ʻia no ka hoʻohua.
- Mālama ʻo Okapi i hoʻokahi cub no hoʻokahi makahiki a me ʻekolu mau mahina. Hana ʻia ka hānau keiki i ka wā ua (mai ʻAukake a ʻOkakopa). Haʻalele ʻo Māmā i kahi mamao loa a mamao loa. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, noho ka cub Okapi i kekahi mau lā me ka ʻole o kona makuahine, peʻe i ka ulu lāʻau o ka nahele, a laila hoʻomaka e kāhea i kona makuahine.
- ʻO Okapi, kahi ʻano holoholona i aʻo maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka mea, no ka mea, he holoholona weliweli loa lākou e noho hoʻokahi. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ke kaua kīwila ma ka ʻāina o Kongo hiki ʻole iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa.
- ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo Okapi i kahi loli o kahi hiʻona ʻoi loa, a no laila paʻakikī loa e hālāwai me lākou i ke pio. Ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, aia ma kahi o 20 kahi hānai kahi e hiki ai ke launa me kēia holoholona kupaianaha.
- ʻAi ka makua ʻapiapi i 30 kilokilo o ka hānai i kēlā me kēia lā.
