Self-study
P1
The okapi, a forest mammal of central Africa, has presented zoologists with a number of difficult questions since they first learned of its existence in 1900. ███
Intro topic ·
Okapi raises lots of questions
Question 1 ·
How to classify Okapi?
Size and stripes are like horse family.
Answer ·
Belongs to giraffe family
Belongs to giraffe because of skin-covered horns, two-lobed canine, and long tongue.
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Question 2 ·
Size of Okapi population?
Answer ·
Not as rare as previously thought, but concentrated in limited area
They live only in a chain of forestland surrounded by savanna in northeastern central Africa.
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Reasons for apparent rarity ·
Good camouflage, don't travel in groups or in open areas
They stay inside the forest.
Reason for staying inside forest ·
Eat only leaves
They never eat one plant much more than others. So they walk around the forest eating various leaves, and don't congregate in groups in the forest.
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Question 3 ·
Why remain only in forest when they eat plants that are found between forest and savanna?
Possible Answers ·
Defense against predators or outcompeted by other animals in other areas
Question 4 ·
Why aren't they in other nearby forests?
Possible answer ·
Live in area that used to be the only forest
Zoologists think Okapis respect the boundaries of what used to be the only forest, even after forest expanded.
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
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The author doesn’t provide information that helps explain why okapis leave a lot of foliage uneaten.