| 单词 | okapi |
| 例句 | And so the okapi is now by scientific account a real animal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The okapi complied by living, and the spider by dying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise they make frightens away a young okapi. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That one time and no other the okapi came to the stream, and I was the only one to see it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the 1920s, when elsewhere in the world the menfolk took a break between wars to perfect the airplane and the automobile, a white man finally did set eyes on the okapi. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I read that the male okapi is smaller than the female, and more shy, and that hardly anything else is known about them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And they like being on their own and I hardly ever see them because they are like okapi in the jungle in the Congo, which are a kind of antelope and very shy and rare. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All I can think of is the other okapi, the one they used to believe in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was the patter of okapi feet and the murmur of a fresh jungle rain, like other hoofs, falling upon the summer-starched grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If the children had not come today, the okapi would have chosen this as his place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon this resulting makeshift family is planning a benefit dance show for an animal Elias adores, the okapis, an endangered species related to the giraffe and endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The "incredibly special" birth of an okapi will help to reveal "one of the least known and understood species on the planet", a keeper has said. Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Rewind to 11.5 million years ago, when the common ancestors of the modern giraffe and its closest evolutionary cousin, the okapi, roamed what is now Africa. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s already home to several endangered and threatened species, including rhinos, okapi, bongos, zebras, condors, dama gazelles and cheetahs. Florida wildlife refuge to take 30 former circus elephants 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s already the home to several endangered and threatened species, including rhinoceros, okapi, bongos, zebras, condors, dama gazelles and cheetahs. Florida wildlife refuge to take 30 former circus elephants 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The okapi is a congruous African animal, but a dinosaur would be an anachronism. From the archive 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The zoo and its partners in the DRC, where the animals are protected by law, have been working to support the last remaining populations of okapi, which is endangered in the wild. Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Some of those ancestors wandered toward the rain forest and present-day Congo and eventually gave rise to the okapi. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Zoo veterinarian Ray Ball says staff left the baby in the okapi habitat area of the zoo with her mother Betty, “so she would understand.” Rare baby okapi born at Florida zoo dies 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Zoo veterinarian Ray Ball says staff left the baby in the okapi habitat area of the zoo with her mother Betty, “so she would understand.” Rare baby okapi born at Florida zoo dies 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Endangered okapi, the giraffe’s only living relative, are the only non-participants in the baby boom. It’s a girl,girl,boy,girl…! Baby boom at 2-zoo partnership 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z They said okapis were also hunted for meat, which is consumed locally, and their skins, which have a high value in the illegal wildlife trade. Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z In the rain forest, okapis were able to survive and thrive with perfectly fine albeit unspectacular necks. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The park is home to some of the world’s most recognisable species including mountain gorillas, elephants, okapi, hippopotamuses and more than 700 species of bird. 'We know we may be killed': the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The calf born Nov. 10 is the first female okapi produced at the zoo and the second offspring of its mother, 14-year-old Opey. Los Angeles Zoo puts baby okapi on display 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Zookeeper Gemma Metcalf said the birth is “a great opportunity to draw attention to the okapi, which is an extremely endangered species.” London Zoo names okapi ‘Meghan’ to celebrate royal wedding 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Hippos wallow in Virunga’s rivers, and the park is home to 2,000 plant species, as well as elephants, antelopes, warthogs, giraffes and the rare, elusive okapis. The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z We are comparing the placentas of giraffe and okapi, looking for clues to the evolution of this trait. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z In addition to those listed above were the flamingo, stork, wild boar, okapi and griffon vulture. An Ode To Britains Toy Animals 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Nicknamed the “rainforest giraffe,” okapis are the closest living relative of giraffes but do not grow that tall. Los Angeles Zoo puts baby okapi on display 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Scientists compared it’s remarkable discovery to that of the okapi, described 91 years prior. Scientists hope to breed Asian ‘unicorns’ – if they can find them 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z It is home to multiple endangered species, including elephants, chimpanzees and okapis. Five park rangers killed in DRC in tragic weekend for wildlife defenders 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z She says only about 20 to 25 other U.S. zoos exhibit okapi. South Bend zoo gets 2 okapi, short relatives of the giraffe 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z “These majestic animals are undergoing a silent extinction,” said Julian Fennessy, of the IUCN’s giraffe and okapi group in a statement. The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Their closest relative is the long-necked African mammal called the okapi. Tall tale: study reveals that giraffes are four species, not one 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But their closest relative — the okapi — resembles a zebra, and lacks those modifications. Genome reveals why giraffes have long necks 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Next, the scientists compared the giraffe and okapi genes with several dozen other animals like cattle and mice, to get a better picture of which genetic differences separate them from other mammals. Giraffe genome reveals clues to sky-scraping height 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Dr. Eckstrom, 51, who spends her days focused on the complex medical needs of older patients, is, like the Central African okapi, a species that is revered, rare and endangered. As Population Ages, Where Are the Geriatricians? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Zoo officials say he was the oldest known okapi in the world. 29-year-old okapi dies at San Antonio Zoo 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Some Dalmatians suffer heart attacks upon hearing loud noises, a phenomenon seen in both factory workers and an okapi at Copenhagen Zoo that died after a nearby classical music concert. Summer books 2013-07-11T15:50:23.720Z A group of militia fighters then broke off and moved towards the okapi zoo in the rangers' compound. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z Still, comparing the genomes of two creatures that are as closely related but as physiologically different as the giraffe and okapi was a novel choice, she says. Giraffe genome reveals clues to sky-scraping height 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Or, in the words of an editorial writer for Nature Biotechnology in 2005, “Pooling people in race silos is akin to zoologists grouping raccoons, tigers and okapis on the basis that they are all stripy.” Books: From Bang to Whimper: A Heart Drug’s Story 2012-12-24T20:23:03Z These 400 guys were trying to maintain some degree of order and save the mountain gorillas, save the okapis, save the habitat. Green Blog: Q and A: Slaughter and Trade, Through an All-Seeing Lens 2012-11-20T18:47:07Z A male okapi - an endangered animal from north-western Democratic Republic of Congo - is born over the weekend at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium. Africa in pictures: 14-20 September 2012 2012-09-21T16:15:57Z The endangered and protected okapi is also hunted in the Ituri rainforest. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z Then, they compared the protein-coding regions of the giraffe and okapi genomes to see how they differed. Giraffe genome reveals clues to sky-scraping height 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z "Recent surveys have shown that the forest also harbours okapi, bonobos and elephants, as well as 10 other primate species or subspecies." New monkey identified in Africa 2012-09-13T00:01:06Z By the time they receded into the forest two days later, six people and 13 of the 14 “ambassador” okapi that lived at the center were dead. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z Thirteen endangered okapi were also killed in the raid, which was described as retaliation for a crackdown on illegal elephant poaching and gold mining in the reserve. Green Blog: On Our Radar: Mid-Atlantic Power Losses 2012-07-02T14:44:39Z The zoo had been established 25 years ago to house a small number of the timid and endangered okapis that are the familiar image of Congo's diverse fauna. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z Cavener and an international team of colleagues sequenced the whole genome of two Masai giraffes—a subspecies of giraffe—and a single okapi. Giraffe genome reveals clues to sky-scraping height 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z They are notoriously skittish, so adept at avoiding other animals in the wild — including other okapis — that Western researchers didn’t even document their existence until 1901. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z The 14th okapi died a few days after United Nations and Congolese Army forces arrived to retake the village. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z Palaeotragus and Tragoceros, of the Lower Pliocene of Greece, at one time regarded as antelopes, are now known to be ancestors of the okapi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" "Twenty-five years of work is gone," said Ruf, sitting metres from the empty okapi pen as the Epulu river rushed past. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z But, to their keen disappointment, no okapi made its appearance at the drinking-place that night. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Much like breeding okapis, counting them is frustrated by their tendencies to flee when other animals approach. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z But the elusive, camouflaged animals are rarely if ever actually seen in the wild, and the 14 okapi penned in Epulu were the only ones in captivity in the country. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z This is a new animal called the okapi, only discovered during the last fifty years in the dense forests of Africa, and its skin was stuffed and set up and is now here. The Children's Book of London The laws of the reserve forbid the hunting of endangered species, especially elephants and okapi, and the exploitation of its gold reserves. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z But, as you love me, don’t miss; for, as I am a sinful man, it is none other than the okapi!” With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure “You hardly ever see an okapi in the wild,” Mr. Vosper said. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z For most people in civil war–torn DRC, the only place to see a live okapi was at the OCP headquarters. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z So the meek okapi had added a few stripes on his legs, like a zebra, just to make him less like the scornful antelope. The Children's Book of London Morgan's men slaughtered 13 of the 14 okapis there, and wounded the 14th so gravely it later died from its injuries. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z “It was shocking bad luck that you should have lost that okapi, after all,” remarked Mildmay, with the sympathy of a true sportsman, as Sir Reginald brought his narrative to a close. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure “If we knew everything about where okapis exist, it probably would be endangered,” said Mr. Vosper. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z The okapi that lived at OCP—most of which were born in Epulu after their progenitors were trapped in the wild—had always served as a way to educate people about forest resources. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z There were hunters from the forests of far-off Bongindanga where the okapi roams. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Ah, and as I say if you go on far enough you may run against okapis.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites I am bitterly sorry and disappointed to be obliged to say it, but I think there can be no doubt that we have lost that okapi. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure But zoos now regularly exchange okapis to ensure the most advantageous breeding conditions. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z This is the first time that any of the okapi at the Epulu center have ever been harmed. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z On one occasion he was rescued by a mad elephant from the jaws of an okapi, into which he had inadvertently fallen while flying from a gorilla. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 A better chance," said Mr. Hume, grimly, "than we have of catching the okapi. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa An okapi is worth a hundred other animals of any kind that one can name. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure The pairing of two okapis begins with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which keeps a “stud book” that contains genetic information on all okapis in American zoos. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z Killing animals is his business, so killing the okapi meant nothing to him.” Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z As a species in point, consider the okapi. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation We may catch an okapi, and if we could land it in England it would fetch a large sum. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa The trail—or rather, what von Schalckenberg believed to be the trail—was accordingly followed for another half-hour, but without the discovery of any further sign of the okapi. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Once they are paired, okapis at the Bronx Zoo are placed in adjoining cages with a multistage sliding door between them. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is home to an estimated 5,000 okapi—as much as half of their total estimated population in DRC—as well as elephants, chimpanzees, bongos and a very large human population. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z If an okapi were as well known to you as is a horse, the name alone would call up the proper image, and no comparison would be necessary. Composition-Rhetoric The "okapi," Sir Harry Johnston's late discovery in the Uganda forests, seems to have come from the same ancestral stock, but the giraffe has no other existing relatives. American Big Game in Its Haunts In skill in self-preservation the African bongo antelope seems to be a strong rival of the okapi, but it has been killed by a few white men, of whom Captain Kermit Roosevelt is one. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations To prepare female okapis for pregnancy, they are given mock sonograms every day. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z “If an area is totally saturated with subsistence hunters, then the okapi are usually driven away into other areas that are unsupportive of their biology,” Lukas says. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z Because okapis are easily spooked, curators forgo neonatal exams on the calf. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z “For okapis, about 20 percent do not survive the first year.” Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z Still, okapis are having a good year in the United States, with six born so far. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z When it comes time to give birth, the okapi mothers — unlike other animals in the zoo — are left alone, monitored only by a closed-circuit camera. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., announced last week that a female okapi had been born in the park on Oct. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z Another okapi was born at the San Diego Zoo in September. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z Matt Hohne, the animal operations director for Disney’s animal programs, said okapis didn’t lure many visitors to the park, but tended to leave an impression. Birth of Bronx Zoo?s M?bura Overcomes Okapi Odds 2011-11-07T22:51:54Z At the Bronx Zoo on Thursday, several very impressed children said they had learned about okapis in school but had never seen one in person. 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