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For all you AK lovers...

Post by cy1229 » Mar Tue 20, 2012 8:11 pm

Read this in my All Ears newsletter:
AllEars wrote:A female okapi calf born October 1, 2011, at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is now out with its mother on Kidani Village's Pembe savanna. The calf, named "Makemba" (an African name that means "goddess"), now weighs 187 pounds.
Pretty cool!
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Post by Amy » Mar Tue 20, 2012 8:14 pm

cy1229 wrote:Read this in my All Ears newsletter:
AllEars wrote:A female okapi calf born October 1, 2011, at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is now out with its mother on Kidani Village's Pembe savanna. The calf, named "Makemba" (an African name that means "goddess"), now weighs 187 pounds.
Pretty cool!
Awww, that's sweet. Did they have a photo too??
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Post by cy1229 » Mar Tue 20, 2012 9:09 pm

Amy wrote:
cy1229 wrote:Read this in my All Ears newsletter:
AllEars wrote:A female okapi calf born October 1, 2011, at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is now out with its mother on Kidani Village's Pembe savanna. The calf, named "Makemba" (an African name that means "goddess"), now weighs 187 pounds.
Pretty cool!
Awww, that's sweet. Did they have a photo too??
Unfortunately, no. I bet one surfaces on a Disney blog sometime, or maybe we can get one of the CM's to go nab one for us.
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Post by Sharonofwindham » Mar Tue 20, 2012 9:11 pm

I'm gonna check it out...hope they have a photo! Not really sure how rare they are in the wild, but you don't see them in video footage of a real savannah. This is really great news :goofy_bounce: :figment:
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Post by NaCler » Mar Tue 20, 2012 9:35 pm

We did the safari today but they didn't mention it. Maybe she wasn't out at the time.
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Post by Sleepy90 » Mar Wed 21, 2012 6:30 am

The calf is out on the Savannah at the village.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... e-savanna/
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Post by Amy » Mar Wed 21, 2012 6:51 am

Sleepy90 wrote:The calf is out on the Savannah at the village.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... e-savanna/
Aww, she looks just like her Momma ~ cute!
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Post by mills10 » Mar Wed 21, 2012 10:37 am

Did you guys see/hear about the new baby warthogs?

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... l-kingdom/
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Post by Amy » Mar Wed 21, 2012 1:23 pm

mills10 wrote:Did you guys see/hear about the new baby warthogs?

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... l-kingdom/
Fun!!
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Re: For all you AK lovers...

Post by Sharonofwindham » Mar Wed 21, 2012 9:39 pm

Sleepy90 wrote:The calf is out on the Savannah at the village.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... e-savanna/
Such a striking creature...the markings are just amazing! :figment:
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Post by Sharonofwindham » Mar Wed 21, 2012 9:41 pm

mills10 wrote:Did you guys see/hear about the new baby warthogs?

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... l-kingdom/
Well, I guess you could say the breeding program at AK is going very well :D
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Post by cy1229 » Mar Fri 23, 2012 7:44 am

The Cincinnati Zoo used to be world leaders in breeding rare or endangered hooved animals, and they had several okapi. I always thought it looked like God had a bunch of parts from other animals left over and put the okapi together. :lol:
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Post by Amy » Mar Fri 23, 2012 8:24 am

cy1229 wrote:The Cincinnati Zoo used to be world leaders in breeding rare or endangered hooved animals, and they had several okapi. I always thought it looked like God had a bunch of parts from other animals left over and put the okapi together. :lol:
They are a bit of a mixture aren't they?! :lol:
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Post by theBIGyowski » Mar Fri 23, 2012 10:27 am

Amy wrote:
cy1229 wrote:The Cincinnati Zoo used to be world leaders in breeding rare or endangered hooved animals, and they had several okapi. I always thought it looked like God had a bunch of parts from other animals left over and put the okapi together. :lol:
They are a bit of a mixture aren't they?! :lol:
Haha...I thought the same thing. It looked like a small child had puzzles of several animals and pieced them together however they wanted...and the okapi is what came out. :lol:
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Post by momeja » Mar Sat 24, 2012 1:31 pm

cy1229 wrote:The Cincinnati Zoo used to be world leaders in breeding rare or endangered hooved animals, and they had several okapi. I always thought it looked like God had a bunch of parts from other animals left over and put the okapi together. :lol:
I agree. :lol: Kind of like an animal that the Time Bandits might have put together before they were banished to shrubbery.
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