Talk:Okapi

message: The diagram shows that both giraffes and okapi have 7 cervical vertebrae.  Almost all mammals -- including humans -- have 7 cervical vertebrae.  Could someone either add more information explaining this picture, or remove it? --BooksXYZ (talk) 07:53, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: OKK liioiio ii 37.210.157.253 (talk) 07:00, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: 7 Cervical Vertebrae

message: Hey guys, I made a number of changes to this page, removing comments that looked as though they could have been vandalism, including reverting to quite an older version.  I apologise if I've removed any information of value. Thanks. Stuhacking 12:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: many thanks for your hard work, Stuhacking. It's much appreciated.Lisapollison 19:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: large scale revert and edit 

message: I know that the Los Angeles Zoo has one but it might be nice to inlude a short list of Zoos and/or wild animal parks that have Okapis on display so that curious readers can go and see one near them.  What do you think? Lisapollison 19:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only if you promise to stick around for the next ten years and keep it accurate. :-) Seriously, I think this is somewhat ephemeral information that would be hard to maintain worldwide (zoos frequently buying, selling, and trading animals around), unless you had a good reference site, in which case it would be easier just to link to that site. WP is better as the source of information that is stable and unchanging; you'll notice that very few articles give street addresses or phone numbers, for the same reason. Stan 00:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  There's also the issue of how many zoos we're talking about; a list with several hundred entries would just unnecessarily swamp the article.  Postdlf 15:48, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A quick Google search (), of course, pulls up quite a few individual sites for zoos with okapis.  Someday there will be probably be some kind of master web database which zoos could use to register their animals. Albanaco 10:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How about a list of zoos that have Okapis?

message: I removed unreferenced claim that Okapis are unusual in only sleeping 5mins per 24 hours. This university textbook suggests that Okapis have similar sleep duration times to horses, and greater duration times than giraffes. Bwithh 00:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sleep

message: I will be the first to admit that this is of absolutely no importance whatsoever, and will do nothing to further the understanding about the okapi.  However, as a bit of fun, you may wish to have a look in the current (10th February) issue of New Scientist, and read the Feedback section for a mention of this article.  Or, have a look at this link: http://www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=mg19325902.600
StephenBuxton 00:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article mention in New Scientist

message: We have established that it can lick its own ears, but can it lick its own elbows?RSido 04:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tongue 

message: Would anyone care to speculate on how Arthur Dent's brother came to be "nibbled to death by an Okapi"? - Ralphbk (talk) 14:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Magic. --71.225.75.183 (talk) 00:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Meh, probably just poetic license on Douglas Adams' part, since okapis are herbivores. Oh well. Doesn't matter. Clem (talk) 22:19, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hitchhikers Reference 

message: I think we're missing a pronunciation thing, I don't know how to do that stuff, nor do I know how to read the pronunciation stuff myself, but on many other articles I have seen then. Plus, I also need to know to prove to my teacher about them. Thecutnut (talk) 09:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: http://www.natureinstitute.org/pub/ic/ic10/giraffe.htm
"Only the giraffe (and its rain forest relative, the Okapi) have necks that are so short relative to their legs and chest that they must splay or bend their legs [in order to drink]".
Is this true? is it interesting?
192.114.175.2 (talk) 10:42, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drinking 

message: The new picture that was taken recently obviously shows that they are not all dark colored on th eback. It is a light tawny color, not unlike a deer  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.228.112.21 (talk) 20:18, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color 

message: * animal finally poses for camera
* Ling.Nut (talk—WP:3IAR) 03:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know it's what all the news links say, that this was the first time that an Okapi had ever been photographed in the wild, but I'm really doubting that is literally true.  I'm currently watching a NGC documentary on the Ituri Forest that has very clear film footage of Okapi in the wild.  Further, I doubt the Okapi Wildlife Reserve has been operating without anyone actually seeing any Okapi for decades, and the capture of Okapis for breeding in zoos, as that article mentions, obviously means someone has been encountering them in the wild.  I'm thinking that the pictures were instead the first time the Okapi had ever been photographed in the wild in Virunga National Park, but reporters have carelessly failed to qualify that, going for the more sensational story instead.  How can we establish that?  Postdlf (talk) 23:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anyone watching this page? News Story: 'Mythical' animal finally poses for camera 

message: This article claims that okapis are diurnal, but many other sites are claiming that they are nocturnal, for example:
http://www.reference.com/browse/okapi
http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/african-mammals/okapi  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.105.244.193 (talk) 23:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nocturnal/Diurnal 

message: No refs seem to have been found for the significance of this material.  I suggest that unless such refs appear soon, we delete the section.  Richard New Forest (talk) 09:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: ah the delete happy Richard. Deleting is foolish. Your life is not notable to me... I think I'll delete you... even though someone might have found some value. The material ads and does not clutter the Okapi section. I sited what notable internet sources I could, I'm still not quite sure how to site non internet material but there is plenty of it to support not only notability but a fascinating history of this animal over many others in culture.  How culture relates to an animal or species over time is surely relevant, and this section has not run a muck like so many wikinuts worried it would.  ManofThoth (talk) 18:16, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Any progress?

message: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/birth-of-bronx-zoos-mbura-overcomes-okapi-odds.html?hpw=&pagewanted=all  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.121.204.129 (talk) 00:54, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article on okapi birth at Bronx Zoo 

message: Umm ... there's a weird word at the start of the article but it doesn't appear when I try to Edit it away. I don't think I'm retarded ... is it that someone hacked the zoology tag at the top?Crasshopper (talk) 06:08, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed, leftover vandalism stuck onto the bottom of the taxobox.--Mr Fink (talk) 06:24, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

text: There's still some vandalism stuck before Entymology (and Entymology is missing off the article) DabblerX (talk 2013/03/27  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.188.193.9 (talk) 02:59, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any vandalism. Could you please specify what it is? (Incidentally, I think you mean etymology.) Rivertorch (talk) 05:49, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It was reverted by ClueBot within the same minute. postdlf (talk) 15:58, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw that, but since the IP reported the vandalism over three hours after ClueBot had been by, I thought they may have seen something else. Rivertorch (talk) 16:44, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  hululiu 

message: The introduction states that "about 10,000–20,000 (okapis) remain in the wild and as of 2011", while the chapter "Wild status" states: "The world population is estimated at 10,000–35,000". That should be harmonized according to the most serious estimation  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caïus Gracchus (talk • contribs) 14:31, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers of okapis worlwide 

message: This is what I plan to add to the topic:
Okapi
 I   Calves
      A. Single calf is born
      B. Able to stand after half an hour
      C. Stay in the nest for 2 months for safety
      D. They suckle for up to a year
II.  Sneaky
      A. Very shy animals and sneaky
      B. Have a secret language
      C. Mom can check in with baby without predators knowing
      D. Females have silent noise when about to breed
III. Threats
      A. Human Hunters
         1.Poaching	
            a)illegal
            b)Kill to sell fur
      B.Predators
         1.Leopard
            a)Can’t hear them
            b)Prowl and crawl up for surprise attack
      C. Deforestation
         1.Biggest loss of Okapi’s  
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaney coyne (talk • contribs) 20:59, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: What sources are you using? postdlf (talk) 21:02, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

text: Do you have sources for these claims?--Mr Fink (talk) 21:44, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Planned edit

message: "The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae".
"As a member of the superfamily Giraffoidea, the pronghorn's closest living relatives are the giraffes and okapi". From the wiki article on proghorn.
Which one is right?
-Evan  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.73.225.55 (talk) 04:38, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Both statements are correct: The giraffe family and the pronghorn family are both subgroups within the superfamily Giraffoidea, which is distinct from Giraffidae.--Mr Fink (talk) 04:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the pronghorn?