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Article: What do you get when...? (the okapi)

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September 1, 1998
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What do you get when you cross a zebra with a giraffe? A gibra? A zeraffe? A walking barber pole? The world's tallest candy cane?

The okapi (oh-KAHP-ee) isn't really a cross between a giraffe and zebra. But it looks as if it could be! The okapi has stripes and a body like a zebra. It has a head, tongue, and legs like a giraffe.

So what is an okapi? Where does it live? And why does it look so strange?

Okapis are among the rarest animals in the world. They live in the rain forests of the Congo River Valley in central Africa.

The okapi shares the rain forest with chimpanzees, forest elephants, giant hogs, deerlike bongos, and the deadly ...

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