tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post3546526942204267712..comments2024-03-16T16:21:55.763-05:00Comments on The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Update--Sept. 14 ,2008 Okapi ThreadCasey McCoy Cainanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611037918797096687noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-16841314935373770532014-06-09T11:56:16.600-05:002014-06-09T11:56:16.600-05:00Wade: According to the International Okapi Studboo...Wade: According to the International Okapi Studbook the first captive birth of an okapi was at Kisan Oka in the Belgian Congo on April 19, 1941. There was a second birth there on May 8, 1941. The studbook doesn't say where that is or if it was the Stanleyville Zoo. Today Stanleyville is called Kisangani, and it looks as though this city is right next to the okapi's wild range. I keep hearing about okapis living in the wild in Uganda. Sincerely Paul Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-60180932157228298082011-01-24T10:16:03.781-06:002011-01-24T10:16:03.781-06:00I payed a guy a hundred dollars once so that I cou...I payed a guy a hundred dollars once so that I could see an okapi. That was back in 2001. I was between flights at Chicago's O'Hare Airport and I decided to take a taxi out to the Brookfield Zoo. There were giant posters of the okapi in the airport, but I think I would have thought of this anyway. It was Winter, March 22, and I only had time to see the okapi and then go back to the airport to make my flight. I rushed past a bunch of outdoor enclosures containing zebras. There were several of them containing different varities, and I think I saw mountain zebras in the snow, but I did'nt really have time to pause. I went into the okapi building and there was just one on display. It looked quite small.There were also some giant rats from Africa. That's the last time I saw an okapi. I have also seen one in England, and a couple in San Diego Zoo. I think they were mating. They were certainly trying to. I also remember when I was a little kid there was a childrens' TV show called Mr. Dress Up. I don't know whether that was one word or two. He was a friend of Mr. Rogers. One day he had the director of Granby Zoo on his show. Mr. Dress Up said that the zoo director wanted an okapi, and that if anyone sees one in their backyard they should call him. I knew he was kidding about the last part. I don't think there has ever been an okapi on Canadian soil. I also remember that Granby Zoo believed that they had a pregnant gorilla before any other gorilla had given birth in Canada. They said that the pregnancy test was positive, but no baby gorilla was born. Sincerely PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-71556654784112438502011-01-21T14:18:30.216-06:002011-01-21T14:18:30.216-06:00Paul,
Was it a "strain" of gorilla HI...Paul,<br /> Was it a "strain" of gorilla HIV that the women has, that just "poof" appeared, or actual contracted gorilla HIV? Interesting, how did she contract it.<br />WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-51056614151377669292011-01-21T14:14:32.011-06:002011-01-21T14:14:32.011-06:00Paul,
As a resident of Her Majesty's southern...Paul,<br /><br />As a resident of Her Majesty's southern Colony I had never seen an Okapi until I went to England. Aussie zoos don't have any at all.<br /><br />Their size is what surprised us most of all. Photos or film do not portray that accurately. Some of the Okapis we saw were as large as a big horse - a very big horse!Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-73430081926432297922011-01-21T11:00:07.118-06:002011-01-21T11:00:07.118-06:00It's amazing how big that okapi looks in that ...It's amazing how big that okapi looks in that picture. I assume that's a Pygmy. The okapi looks as big as a horse. Sincerely PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-141448492915510272011-01-21T10:29:35.730-06:002011-01-21T10:29:35.730-06:00The book which I was reading claimed that pygmy el...The book which I was reading claimed that pygmy elephants are distinct from forest elephants. I was of the impression that pygmy elephants were just young forest elephants. The book is called Cryptozoology A To Z. Sincerely Paul PS: I read an article about a woman in Paris who has the gorilla form of HIV. She's the only known case of a person with HIV from a gorilla. Sincerely PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com