Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Bronx Zoo

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wade, we have also seen okapi on our trips to Cincinnati.
Mary Ann

Anonymous said...

Years ago I read an anti-zoo editorial in The Economist which said that every okapi in captivity has a chromosomal defect. When I investigated this I learned that some okapis have an odd number of chromosomes, like some Iranian sheep, and that although this would cause Down's Syndrome in humans it's perfectly normal and harmless to okapis, and I guess Iranian sheep.