Am I right in thinking Giraffes & the Okapi are related?
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Giraffes and okapis belong to the same family: Giraffidae\nThere is only one species of giraffe called Giraffa camelopardalis, but there are several subspecies  (they differ visibly in the design of their spots)\nThe Okapi is a different species, Okapia johnstoni. \n\nThese two species are the only ones of the family. The Giraffidae are related with other true Ruminants, such as the family Bovidae (the antelopes, cows, buffaloes, etc) and the Cervidae (deer).
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Yes. The only way any ones favorite animal could be a croc., is if that person is a crocoholic!
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Unfortunately, it's a strong possibility. :-( \n\nWorld's biggest hippo population decimated\nFriday 29 August 2003\nA shocking new census shows a 95 per cent decline in hippo populations in Virunga National Park, formerly home to the world's biggest population.\nLess than 30 years ago, over 29,000 hippos lived in this world heritage site on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This year's census shows that only 1,300 remain. The census was carried out by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), WWF, and other conservation organisations during March and August.\n\nThere is increasing international demand for hippo canine teeth in the illegal ivory trade. The census showed that armed factions are killing hippos in shockingly high numbers for their meat and teeth in response to this growing trend.\n\n"This is disastrous news for the hippo," said Dr. Susan Lieberman, Director of WWF International's Species Programme. "Unless this trade is closely controlled and poaching is stopped, hippos will be threatened with extinction. WWF urges the government to take advantage of recent peace agreements and to put into place proper planning and management of the country's natural resources."\n\nUntil this year, the Park has been at the heart of interfactional fighting, preventing ICCN and WWF from working in significant areas. WWF calls on the DRC authorities to work with conservation groups to stop poaching hippos in the Park and to conserve wildlife.\n\n"Hippos are extremely important in maintaining the ecological balance in rivers and lakes and nearby grasslands," says Marc Languy of WWF's Eastern Africa Regional Programme. "Hippo dung provides essential basic elements for the food chain, particularly for fish. The loss of more than 27,000 hippos in the past few decades is a double blow: fish catches have dwindled and the freshwater ecosystems are losing hundreds of tons of nutrients every day. Lake Edward supports over 20,000 people living around the Park who depend on fish for their livelihood."\n\nThe need for long-term protection of national parks and other valuable protected areas will be at the heart of the forthcoming 5th World Parks' Congress in Durban, South Africa (8-15 September).
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No,because whites are trying to prove we are more related to apes than they are which this how slavery came about. If they believe that in the past, black intelligence is equal to an ape what do you think they taught their future off springs. Blacks are inferior.
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No, Chimpanzees have different blood types, as do Monkeys of different species, as do Horses, as do Lions, as do many other animals.  It has something to do with workings of the immune system I think.
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Do you mean the Giraffa camelopardalis?\n\nThe Giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 metres (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 900 kilograms (2000 pounds). Females are generally slightly shorter and weigh less.\n\nThe Giraffe is related to deer and cattle, but is placed in a separate family, the Giraffidae, consisting only of the giraffe and its closest relative, the Okapi.\n\nThe species name camelopardalis (camelopard) is derived from its early Roman name, where it was described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard (and perhaps being a hybrid of the two)
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yes but do you have a yahoo answers icon with a darwin ape
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African?\n\nShe wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God...
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Are you talking about some kind of reptile?
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Not sure, but i did find this little funny article\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3080379.stm
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It's actually a very interesting question.  I think everything about evolution is interesting.  Anyway, according to what I learned in my evolutionary genetic class, research has been done to show that giraffes' long necks were evolved not because of food gathering but for sexual selection.\n\nResearch showed that giraffes usually do not feed on the highest leaves on the trees, but quite a bit lower than that.  In fact, a male giraffe used his neck to fight with another male giraffe for a female giraffe's attention.  Hence, whoever has a stronger neck will more likely to win and as a result has a better chance to reproduce and has more offspring of his own.  The reason why giraffe uses neck to fight... I think nobody knows.\n\nSome people agree with this... some people don't.  So ...probably more research need to be done and maybe we won't be able to figure it out after all. \n\nfun question :-)
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It's genetic. We are all related to the animals. Look at the chimp in the zoo. Look at the face and the ears.
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I believe they are the same kind of creature.  There is an ape that was thought to be exintic gigantise pithagous, this is spelled wrong I know, I think some still live in remote areas and with man going into these areas they now are seen more often
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check out any infor about the Yoruba religion and the Orishas
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Evolution is only a theory. The theory states that more complex life forms evolved from more simple life forms. A brontosaurus, according to the theory, would evolve from a much smaller plant eater with a much smaller neck. I don't know the exact name of the species, but I can get that information for you though it goes beyond the scope of this question.\n\nThere are bones of apelike animals that would have had brains equal in size to our own, but bone structure vastly different than human beings bones. Did modern humans wipe out intelligent apes or was that us? The theory of evolution has flaws like the Big Bang theory and many other scientific theories. The theory of evolution is far from perfect which is why you can't seem to make sense of it.\n\nWhat is missing from the theory is the so-called "missing link." If a giraffe evolved a longer neck over millions of years why are there no bones of these intermediary stages of giraffes with slightly longer necks? Just its ancestor and the modern animal.
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I always thought this was an allegory pointing to the rise of agriculture and civilization. Prior to this, they were hunters and gatherers. Maybe more gatherers than hunters. With the rise of civilization comes all these extra tabboos and fashions.
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The members of the ape families does this also, along with picking other orifices as well. Oh wait, I forgot, some consider us to have evolved from the ape.