Artiodactyl wokhala ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa, wachibale wakutali wa chithaphwi komanso woimira yekhayo wa mtundu wake - Johnston's okapi, kapena monga ma pygmies aku Central Africa amatcha "nkhalango yamtchire".
Okapi
Kufotokozera
Okapi akuwoneka kuti adapangidwa kuchokera kuzinyama zingapo. Miyendo ya okapi ili ndi mizere yakuda ndi yoyera, yofanana ndi mbidzi. Chovala chakuthupi ndi chofiirira, ndipo m'malo ena chimakhala chakuda. Mtundu wa mutu wa okapi umadziwikanso kuti: kuyambira m'makutu mpaka masaya ndi khosi, tsitsi limakhala loyera, pamphumi ndi pansi mphuno limakhala lofiirira, ndipo mphuno yokha ndi yakuda. Mbali ina yapadera ya okapi ndi lilime lalitali lomwe okapi limatsuka m'maso ndi m'makutu mwake.
Komanso, mawonekedwe apadera a okapi wamphongo okha ndi ma ossicons (nyanga zazing'ono). Okapi amafanana ndi kavalo kukula kwake ndi kapangidwe kake. Kutalika kwa nyama yayikulu pakufota kumafika masentimita 170, ndipo kulemera kwake ndi pafupifupi 200 - 250 kilogalamu. Kutalika kwa thupi lanyama kumafika mamita awiri.
Chikhalidwe
M'chilengedwe, okapi amapezeka m'malo amodzi - ili ndi gawo la Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malo osungira nyama (Solonga, Maiko ndi Virunga) apangidwa makamaka kumadera akum'mawa ndi kumpoto kwa boma. Anthu ambiri amakhala m'malo awo. Malo okhala akazi amakhala ochepa ndipo samaphatikizana. Koma amuna alibe malire omveka, komabe amakhala nthawi zonse okha.
Zomwe zimadya
Okapi ndi nyama zokonda kudya kwambiri. Chakudya chachikulu chimakhala ndi masamba achichepere, omwe okapi amakoka ku nthambi za mitengo. Ndi lilime lake lalitali, okapi amakumbatira kamtengo ndikuthyola masamba achichepere ndikuwatsikira pansi.
Amadziwikanso kuti "kavalo wamnkhalango" amakonda udzu pazakudya zake. Samakana ferns kapena bowa, zipatso zosiyanasiyana, zipatso. Zimadziwika kuti okapi amadya dongo (lomwe limakhala ndi mchere ndi mchere), komanso makala. Zowonjezera, nyama imawonjezera zinthuzi pazakudya zake kuti mchere ukhale m'thupi.
Adani achilengedwe
Popeza okapi amakhala ndi moyo wobisika kwambiri, amakhala ndi kukula kodabwitsa ndipo amatetezedwa bwino, ali ndi adani ochepa. Komabe, cholumbiridwa koposa zonse ndi kambuku wakutchire. Fisi amathanso kulimbana ndi okapi. M'malo othirira, ng'ona zimawononga okapi.
Mofanana ndi nyama zina zambiri, anthu ndi mdani wamkulu. Kudula mitengo mwachidziwikire kumakhudza kuchuluka kwa nyama zodabwitsa za okapi.
Zosangalatsa
- Okapis amakhala moyo wawokha, ndipo amapezeka kuti amangobereka ana.
- Okapi amalera mwana kwa chaka chimodzi ndi miyezi itatu. Kubala kumachitika nthawi yamvula (Ogasiti mpaka Okutobala). Amayi amapita kumalo akutali kwambiri komanso akutali. Itabereka, mwana wa Okapi amakhala masiku angapo opanda mayi ake, atabisala munkhalango, kenako nkuyamba kuitana mayi ake.
- Okapi, nyama yosaphunzira bwino. Choyamba, chifukwa ndi nyama zowopsa zomwe zimakhala zokha. Chachiwiri, nkhondo yapachiweniweni mdera la Congo imawapangitsa kukhala osatheka kuphunzira.
- Okapi samalekerera kusintha kwa malo moyipa kwambiri, motero ndizovuta kwambiri kukumana nawo ali mu ukapolo. Pali malo odyetsera pafupifupi 20 padziko lonse lapansi komwe mungadziwe nyama yabwinoyi.
- Okapi wamkulu amadya mpaka makilogalamu 30 a chakudya patsiku.
