HOOT-HOOT-BAM
Gorilla
A quiet giant until the chest-thump starts.
MEET THE FIGHTERS
Gorilla vs Okapi
Tonight's science rumble is set in the visitor lawn, now closed for SCIENCE. No snacks were harmed.
Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
Gorillas share about 98% of their DNA with humans.
Mostly leaves, stems, and fruit. Huge herbivores, huge appetites.
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni
An okapi's tongue can be 45 cm long and is often dark, like a giraffe's.
Leaves, fruit, and fungi. A long tongue steals lunch from thorny branches.
Who do YOU think wins?
CHUFF-BLEAT
Okapi
A forest giraffe in zebra socks.
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