CHUFF-BLEAT
Okapi
A forest giraffe in zebra socks.
MEET THE FIGHTERS
Okapi vs Anteater
Tonight's science rumble is set in the visitor lawn, now closed for SCIENCE. No snacks were harmed.
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.
Anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
The tongue can be 60 cm long and flick 150 times a minute.
Ants and termites. Tens of thousands a day. They do not chew; they slurp.
Who do YOU think wins?
SNUFF-SLURP
Anteater
A vacuum cleaner with wrecking-ball claws.
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