The Okapi: Time For A Strange Animal

KINGDOM	Animalia
PHYLUM	Chordata
CLASS	Mammalia
ORDER	Artiodactyla
FAMILY	Giraffidae
GENUS	Okapi

An okapi is an animal which is a mix of a giraffe and a zebra! Okapi’s live in the Ituri Rainforest, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are more related to giraffes, even though they look like zebra’s. There are about 10 thousand to 20 thousand okapi’s in the wild. The okapi is said to be near threatened, so if we don’t hurt them they should continue to grow in numbers. The zebra marks on the okapis body are maybe used to help the children follow their mothers, because they don’t exctly camouflage with the rainforest. Okapis have much shorter necks than giraffe’s, but the body is very similar. They have long – 35 centimeter – blue tongues that help take leaves from high trees, etc. okapis also use their useful tongues to to clean their noses, eyees ears and more. Okapis are about 1.9 to 2.5 meters long and they reach about a maximum shoulder height of 2 meters.As you can tell, Okapi’s are very interesting animals that you can research more about them if you search them on Google or Wikepedia, which is where I got most of my info. Thanks also to my friend Idan who introduced me to these strange animals on the first day of school, and so I decided I wanted to share them with you.

                                              

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Tiger Shark

Kingdom	Animalia
Family	Carcharhinidae
Scientific Name	Galeocerdo Cuvier
Type	Fish
Diet	Carnivore
Life Span	30-40 years
Class	Chondrichthyes
Lifestyle	Solitary

Dog

Kingdom	Animalia
Family	Canidae
Scientific Name	Canis lupus familiaris
Type	Mammal
Diet	Carnivore
Life Span	15 years
Class	Mammalia
Lifestyle	Solitary

You've heard about dogs, seen them, even touched them, but do you really know all about this animal! Read on to find out...

Grey Wolf

Pet dog and owner

Dogs have been domesticated thousands of years before, but they were only used for guarding the land of their owner. Although most of us would disagree, dogs are a subspecies of the gray wold, a type of dog most of us fear. Today, all the countries around the world keep dogs as pet's and even think of them as a member of the family!

For now, we have discovered around 800 species of dogs, everywhere in the world. Dogs can be used to different climates such as Saint Bernards or Husky's which are mountain dogs, so they are used to the cold.

Quick facts about dogs:

(According to the US census)

• There are about 68,000,000 dogs in the US
• About every 1 in 3households have dogs as pets.
• 36 % of homes have dogs.
• 85 % of dogs visit a doctor each year.

(According to market research in the US)

• The top 5 dogs in the US are:
• Labrador Retriever
• Golden Retriever
• German Shepard
• Beagle
• Dachshund
• Labrador Retriever is number 1 in USA, UK, and Canada.

(According to this site)

• Puppies:



Puppies

• Puppies are born blind, deaf, and toothless.
• During first week, 90 % of the puppies time is spent sleeping and 10 % eating.
• In its third week, the puppy will develop its sense of smell.
• A puppy can sleep for 14 hours every day.
• A puppy becomes and adult at the age of one. At this time, it is as mature as a 15 year old human.
• More than 5 million puppies are born every year in America.
• Dogs and Breeds:



Irish Wolfhound

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• The Greyhound is the fastest dog on Earth.
• The Irish Wolfhound is the largest dog.
• The Great Dane is the tallest dog.
• The Chihuahua is the smallest dog.
• The St. Bernards is the heaviest dog.
• The Chow Chow dog has a black tongue.

I hope you have learned a lot about DOGS! This is our first blog, please post comments on how we can improve. Also, add to your comments which animal you would like us to do next. If there are many, we will take a vote. Show this to your friends, make it popular.

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The Creators of This Blog

Bibliography:

"Facts about DOGS & PUPPIES ***." Facts About Everything! Arts, Literature, Science, History, Events, Entertainment,     People, Places and the Natural World. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.facts-about.org.uk/dogs-and-puppies.htm>.

"Dog (Canis Lupus Familiaris) - Animals." A-Z Animals - Animal Facts, Information, Pictures, Videos, Resources and Links. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://a-z-animals.com/animals/dog/>.