CHUFF-BLEAT
Okapi
A forest giraffe in zebra socks.
MEET THE FIGHTERS
Okapi vs Meerkat
Tonight's science rumble is set in a giant zoo clearing at high noon. 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.
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
Meerkats have dark eye patches that work like built-in sunglasses.
Insects, scorpions, eggs, and the occasional lizard. They even eat venomous scorpions.
Who do YOU think wins?
CHK-CHK-ALARM
Meerkat
The smallest fighter with the biggest sentry energy.
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