Comments on: Replica Cryptia: Okapis

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:27:20 +0000

Ah, yes, fossilhunter, the St. Louis Zoo was also one of the first zoological parks in the USA (and the world) to have exhibited another “darling of cryptozoology” ~ the Komodo dragon in the 1930s.

By: fossilhunter

fossilhunter — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:30:14 +0000

Greetings All!
The St. Louis Zoo still has okapi in its exhibits. It is one of the two greatest free zoos in the country, and I recommend a visit! Plus lots of crypto-related places to check out nearby! (I’d skip the feral dogs who starred in the Monsterquest episode “The Real Cujo.”) But the Piasa Bird and Momo are yet to be documented on film!

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:49:39 +0000

Norman-uk says the replicas look “chunky” versus the okapis he’s seen on television.

I have seen these animals in zoological parks, from the okapis at the St. Louis Zoo that I saw there in the 1950s to the ones observed at the San Antonio Zoo a couple years ago.

Like all animals, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, with those captives often being heavier. But I don’t see the “chunkiness” you see, norman-uk, in the replicas. They actually look rather on-target for what we know of these animals from the wild.

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:19:16 +0000

The Okapi has been filmed in the wild I think the last film was National Geographic or BBC, broadcast in 2007. The models don’t seem to do it justice making it look rather chunky but films of it suggest it is a slender and elegant animal. I prefer this view of course, which adds a lot to its charm and strengthens the image of it slipping silently and mysteriously away through the forest.
Of course I am open to correction on this as I have never seen the animal in the flesh, so far, in one of the number of zoos who keep them.
What a talent it has to housekeep its long ears, and eyes, with its even longer blue tongue.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:59:32 +0000

Cool replicas indeed.

By: DWA

DWA — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:22:11 +0000

These are fun.

I too got rid of all the toy dinos, and occasionally, like, say, now, wish I hadn’t.

One of the above models (the Safari model) seems to show a facial coloration I am not familiar with. (The others show the white face, not the white “eye patch.”)

By: Brothermidnight

Brothermidnight — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:20:10 +0000

I was just looking at the KAIYODO Deep Sea Coelacanth replica and thinking that it was one of the only plastic Coelacanth that I had ever seen .I would love to have a collection of these things but I have found from experience that things of this type just look like to much fun and my son will quickly have them down from my shelf and into the back yard .

By: DavidFredSneakers

DavidFredSneakers — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:10:59 +0000

That’s very suprising, but you’re totally right.

Surely there is something somewhere, though I have yet to find a thing.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:08:46 +0000

I’m beginning a craving for these kind of wonderful replicas

By: cmgrace

cmgrace — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:29:33 +0000

I really like these articles. I remember in the private school I attended, okapi was the animal they used for “O” in their lesson plan to help teach the kindergarteners their ABC’s.