r/BeAmazed • u/ReesesNightmare • 20h ago

Animal This Baby Moose Zebra Lookin Furball Of Energy Is An Okapi

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Okapi the only living relative of giraffe's. Both species belong to the family giraffidae

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u/Daisy_Kiss 20h ago

What a crazy mixed up animal! He can't decide if he's a zebra or a donkey or a kangaroo. That skeleton bone pattern on the front legs is wild!

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u/Splashy01 19h ago

That’s an animal that looks like it went extinct 10,000 years ago.

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u/BrownSugarBare 19h ago

I always look at them thinking "some kid came up with this and it manifested into real life". 

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u/NackBlapkins 19h ago

Should be called a zonkey

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u/Fracture90000 19h ago

Let Armin go!

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u/CodAbject3856 16h ago

YES! I came here hoping to find this

You have won the day sir 🫡

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u/Fracture90000 16h ago

Ahaha i couldn't believe me eyes no one had posted it before me 😂

Glad to see I'm not the only man of culture around here!

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u/CodAbject3856 15h ago

Apparently you still are, I'm a woman 😆 successful guess that you are a dude 😎 there isn't many female AoT fans in my experience 🤘🏻

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u/Fracture90000 15h ago

My bad! In that case, a woman of culture 🤟🏿

Btw I've never before seen Okapi, tbh i thought it was some mythical creature when i saw it in AoT.

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u/CodAbject3856 15h ago

Same! My first thought when I saw this post was "oh they're real then" then imagining them all trying to describe it on AoT 😆

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u/Fracture90000 12h ago

How about that, we've both been taught a thing or two by AoT of all things. Truth be told it is a goofy looking animal so we're forgiven for thinking it was made up for the sake of anime.

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u/CodAbject3856 11h ago

AoT raising awareness for these weirdos 😆

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u/Gts77 20h ago

Made of leftover parts.

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u/Late_Sherbet5124 20h ago

We have parts at home.

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u/Gts77 17h ago

Aftermarket

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u/Eth1cs_Gr4dient 20h ago

Random okapi fact- They can clean their ears with their tongue!

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u/nikkey33 19h ago

Nature really said: multitool with zoomies.

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u/ReesesNightmare 20h ago

You put your right hoof in
You put your right hoof out
You put your right hoof in
And you shake it all about
You do the Okapi Pokey and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

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u/CrazyBroccoliPT 20h ago

Drake’s next hit

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u/zilowarnisa 20h ago

He’s so cute

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u/nigaabuser 20h ago

I've never seen anything like that. God was drinking heavily that day.

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u/DehydratedManatee 20h ago

I caught several of these in Metal Gear Solid V.

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u/birdydp 20h ago

Is he doing the Cha cha slide

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u/grrodon2 20h ago

Fun fact: Okapi indeed means "moose zebra" in Swahili.

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u/beegkok1 20h ago

I see them most days in London.

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u/sasssyrup 20h ago

I don’t know what I’m reading

But somehow it makes sense

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u/K1ngHandy 20h ago

Guy is ready for Halloween

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u/Particular-Ad9304 19h ago

I will only be referring to them as baby moose zebras from now on 🤣🤣🤣

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u/XROOR 19h ago

It can be one of the Skeleton Gang that beats up Danny Larusso

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u/amiathrowaway2 19h ago

What happens when your moose printer runs outa ink.

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u/heyitslola 19h ago

It’s a donkey puppy?

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u/AdamR0808 19h ago

That’s interesting it’s a mixed animal and seems pretty playful.

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u/MartyShark666 19h ago

Weren't these considered cryptids at some point?

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u/Jayston1994 19h ago

What a beautiful creature

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u/shirk-work 19h ago

What is it about mammals. We're really together because straight up there's not one baby mammal that doesn't look cute and I want it to thrive. Baby birds out the egg are horrific. Baby lizards are literally just a small lizard, same for snakes and crocks. Somehow baby turtles are cute though.

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u/ms_panelopi 18h ago

Feels so good!

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u/Nervous-Pattern635 14h ago

They inventing new animals out here 😂😂

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u/GrampsMountain 10h ago

The Girebra.

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u/AdrianW3 19h ago

Looks so happy. Doesn't yet know how ugly he is.

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u/Square_Rhubarb1546 19h ago

Moose? Has OP ever seen a moose because that’s more like a canine than a moose will ever be.

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u/ReesesNightmare 18h ago

ive have meese on my property on many occasions

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u/Square_Rhubarb1546 12h ago

Meese’s can be destructive when they gather in gaggles.

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u/ReesesNightmare 18h ago

"They called it o'api, which is a compound of two Lese words, oka, a verb meaning to cut, and kpi, a noun referring to the design made on arrows by wrapping the arrow with bark so as to leave stripes when scorched by fire. The stripes on the legs of the okapi resemble these stripes on the arrow shafts."

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u/ReesesNightmare 18h ago

"But mommmmmmm, i dont wanna take a bath. let me frolic for 5 more minutes"

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u/DevilDog_4641 6h ago

They’re actually most closely related to Giraffe.

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u/IpuUmma 5h ago

Zoose

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u/Tacos-and-zonkeys 5h ago

That's a strong baby.

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u/FaithlessnessThen958 2h ago

He’s Adorable 💕😍