This is the first picture of an okapi. The camera was having some problems, which is a shame as it was looking straight at the camera.
Luckily 11 days later the team got this one, which shows an okapi hesitating to cross the camera.
But a minute later she is feeding on the bushes, showing off her striped backside to the camera.
She now turns around to give a look to confirm the camera is still there.
Finally a shot at 02:33 in the early hours of the morning, which is new evidence that okapi don’t just feed during the daytime as previously assumed. These remarkable photos were taken by ZSL’s team in Watalinga forest in the north of the Virunga National Park in eastern DRC.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
First photos of an Okapi taken in the wild by the Zoological Society of Londons team of researchers
Posted by
Wade G. Burck
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment