The okapi is a shy, solitary, elusive animal that lives among dense cover and browses on leaves, fungi, and fruit.It uses its long tongue to strip leaves from branches and supplements its diet with clay, burned wood, and bat guano.Okapis are preyed upon by leopards (Panthera pardus).Captive okapis may succumb to infection from Monodontella giraffae, a parasitic nematode that damages their bile …

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