Fun Facts!!

  1. An okapi can run at up to 37 miles per hour (60km/hr).
  2. Okapi are very solitary and scared animals often beig afraid of othe okapis.
  3. The Okapi is part of an illegal bushmeat trade along with several species of gorilla.
  4. An okapi can lick its own eyes and ears.
  5. The okapi has only one natural predator, the leopard.
  6. Okapi can tell if other where other okapi have been in two ways. One is by the scent left behind by the gland between their toes. The other is when okapi mark their territory by urine spraying.
  7. Okapi don’t just eat plants, they also have been seen eating clay and charcoal, possibly for minerals.
  8. Okapi can communicate with each other in tones that are at such low frequencies that humans cannot hear it. It is also inaudible to predators, which allows mothers to check on children without being heard.
  9. Baby okapi have short fringe hair along their back that adult okapi lack. It usually disappears within a year.

  10. Okapi can tell if other where other okapi have been in two ways. One is by the scent left behind by the gland between their toes. The other is when okapi mark their territory by urine spraying.