These four okapi are from Mo Sanbi, and the city of Karp mentioned by the black captain is a city that Mo Sanbi gait.

In recent years, the Congolese political situation has been unstable, the people have been living in poverty, and the people and militants have sought food from the woods, resulting in a large number of wild animals being hunted and the number of okapi has been further reduced.

The four horses belonged to a private zoo in Karp, and the black captain said: "Galileo Zoo, do you know this place? This is a private zoo run by the Galileo family for generations, it used to be very large, it was the largest zoo in Karp City, and the most complete range of animal species, but then it failed, and the government also built a zoo, and many of the animals of the Galileo family belonged to the city zoo. ”

Yang Shubao asked, "Their private property has been seized by the government?"

The black captain shrugged and said: "On the surface, no, it was the Galileo family who gave it to the city zoo, but we all know what happened in private, the Galileo family gradually began to move abroad, they sold their assets, and sent the family's animals out, and these okapi were given to you here." ”

Yang Shubao was still puzzled: "Why did you give them to me? I mean I know them?"

The black captain shrugged and said, "Who knows? Didn't they get in touch with you?" Mr. Galileo told me that you were used to giving you these four okapis, and that you would surely understand his intentions. ”

Hearing this, Yang Shubao could really guess the intention of this Mr. Galileo.

According to the black captain, the Galileo family is inseparable from wildlife conservation, and they should have learned about the Jan-Zorro Reserve through the news or through a friend's introduction, and the reserve is a good place to take care of the animals raised in their zoo.

In particular, they sent okapi, one of the rarest animals in all of Africa, a Congolese national treasure that had to be delivered to a trustworthy place.

Sadly, the Congolese government's efforts to protect wildlife are merely rhetorical, and although they always promise to protect wildlife, they never put it into practice.

Now that the storm was rampant, it was not suitable to bring the animals off the ship, so Yang Shubao first packed some fruit in the rain, and then carried a large bag of fruit on his back to the cargo ship.

There are four four-like animals in a warehouse, and this is the okapi.

The animal has a very strange appearance, resembling a horse as a whole, especially with large black and white stripes on the rump and legs, and if you look at it only from the back, it is very similar to a zebra in terms of form and appearance.

But if seen from the front, the okapi resembles a giraffe, and when the adventurers first discovered this species, they thought it was the result of giraffe and zebra mating, which made them extremely excited, thinking that their discovery had broken the iron law of reproductive isolation of species in nature.

In fact, if you look closely, the okapi is not like a zebra and a longhorned antelope, they have a pair of small fan-catching ears, some have two short horns, some have no horns, the horns are males, and the hornless ones are females.

Interestingly, horned males are one size smaller than females without horns.

The four okapi should have been on board for a long time, and the air quality in the cabin was quite poor, although there was no feces and urine, but it was full of the smell of feces and urine.

Zhang Jin, who followed Yang Shubao on the boat, was disgusted: "This thing stinks." ”

Yang Shubao said: "You must not believe it, they actually have body fragrance." ”

Zhang Jinjie laughed: "They have body fragrance, can you tease me?"

Yang Shubao explained: "It's true, the fur of the ookapi has a faint fresh aroma, which is very rare in animals, but they like to mark their territory with urine and like to pee at any time, so if they are placed in an enclosed space, the taste will be very bad." ”

He pointed to the place where the hooves of the okapi were beneath: "Look there, their hooves will keep secreting something. ”

Zhang Jinjie looked over and was surprised: "What are they secreting? How is it slimy? It can't be asphalt, right?"

Yang Shubao smiled: "Of course it's not asphalt, but it's really quite similar." ”

Seeing Zhang Jinjie approaching, the Hoga Cooks hurriedly retreated, but when Lao Yang stepped forward, they immediately took the initiative to stick up.

This made Zhang Jinjie very dissatisfied: "I haven't disliked you yet, but you actually dislike me?"

Yang Shubao opened the bag and poured out the fresh fruit, but the poor four horses could only eat hay feed along the way, and their eyes would glow when they saw the fruit.

This animal has a very mixed diet, eating grass, eating fruits, and even fungi and ferns.

The next very interesting scene happened, four okapi stuck out their tongues to lick the fruit, Zhang Jinjie was startled: "Do they have tentacles in their mouths?"

Yang Shubao said helplessly: "Don't be surprised, I don't have any knowledge, it's their tongue." ”

"Why is it so long? or blue?" Zhang Jinjie asked in amazement, "I don't read much, don't lie to me." ”

Yang Shubao didn't bother to explain to him that the tongue of the okapi is very special, it is indeed blue, but this is not uncommon in nature, and the Chow Chow also has a blue tongue.

However, the tongue of the okapi is indeed like a tentacle, a full thirty centimeters long, very long and flexible, and they can use their tongue to clean their eyes and ears.

After feeding them the fruit, Yang Shubao went to look at the bucket, and there was only a bottom of water left in it, and it was muddy and dirty.

He emptied the bucket to find fresh water, but there was no one on board, but by this time it was raining heavily, and he put the bucket out and quickly received half a bucket of water.

The bucket was brought back, and the four horsehorses of Okapi didn't bother to eat delicious fruits, so they hurried to drink water first.

Water is important to okapi, and they never stray far from the water source.

However, the reason why this rain can attract them so much is because Yang Shubao has put the Fountain of Life into it.

The okapi is an extremely rare animal, and there are not even ten of them in the whole of South Africa, so he gets four at a time here, which must be treated as a treasure.

So he waited for the okapi to finish drinking the water and went to fetch water for them, and after receiving the water, he groomed their messy fur.

The fur of the Okapi is very beautiful and slippery, with a light fragrance, and now they are neglected to take care of the fur knots, and they look a little ugly, Yang Shubao used his fingers to comb them, and combed the messy hair again.

Zhang Jinjie looked at the growing wind and waves, and he said impatiently: "Let's go, let's go, you've been staying too long, these okapi may want to sleep, you disturb them." ”

Yang Shubao said angrily: "Can you have some culture? If you don't have culture, don't easily expose your ignorance." ”

"What's wrong with me?"

"Okapi get five minutes of sleep a day!

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