Zoology Gazelle

November26,2014

FormerCryptids

ThefaceofaStar(Wars)

AfricanUnicorn

by:ArmanyaMaheshwari

by:ArmanyaMaheshwari

The most obvious trait of the

Yoda bat is its uncanny
resemblance to the Star Wars
character it was namedafter.The
Yoda bat is native to Papua New
Guinea, andmorespecificallytoa

rainforest region that is so

diverse, scientists discovered an

average of three new species per

Themalefrog'snosepointsupward
weekin2010.
whentheanimal'scallingandhangs

flaccidwhenit'snot..

AmphibiousClassic
by:ArmanyaMaheshwari

TheYodabathasatubularnose,pointy
earsandproportionallylargeeyes

This Pinocchiolike tree frog species

was discovered by fortunate accident
when it venturedintoaFojaMountains
campkitchenandperchedonabagof
rice, whereherpetologistPaulOliverof
Australia's University of Adelaide
spotted it. Some of the specific
creatures thatshare homesin the Foja
MountainswithPinocchiofrogsinclude
a miniscule typeofwallaby anda new
kind ofbenttoedgecko."Exactly what
it isfor,no onereallyknowsforsure,"
Oliver
said.

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Okapiinthemiddleofvegetation.

Some people claim that bat looks

more like the rat, Splinter, from
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtle.

The okapi is a beautiful and unusual

animal, with its white-and-black
striped back and front legs, it looks
like it must be related to a zebra!
But look at the okapis head, and
youll notice a similarity to giraffes.
The okapi is the only living relative
of the giraffe. Like a giraffe, the
okapi has very large, vertical ears,
which catch even slight sounds,
helping the animal avoid trouble.
The okapi also has a long, dark,
flexible tongue, just like a giraffes,
to help it strip the leaves from the
shrubs of its rain forest home.
Scientists did not know of the
animal until the 1900. The secretive
nature of okapis and the difficulty
most humans have of traveling in
their habitat have made okapis hard
to observe in the wild.

If you cant explain it to a six

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ityourself.
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Like other fruit bats, though, it
disperses seeds from the fruit in its
diet, perhaps making the flying
mammal crucial to its tropical
rainforest ecosystem.The scientists,
whospenttwomonths in2009 inNew
Guineas littleexplored Nakanai and
Muller mountains, emphasized the
importance of the discoveries in the
battle to conserve the worlds
ecosystems. The new species should
serve as a cautionarymessage about
how much we still dont know about
Earthshiddensecrets.

The amusing name "Pinocchio frog" is

not without purpose. The males of
these frogs have a highly distinctive
physical appearance. Their long
snouts are reminiscent of those of the
famed character. When they vocalize,
their nosestipup.Whenthey'resilent,
their noses look down. If a male
Pinocchio frog'snoseis looking down,
then he's probably in a calm mood,
rather than an animated one. The
exact reasonforthesefrogs'unusually
lengthysnoutsisnotcertain.

Okapis are hard to find in the

wild. Their natural habitat is the
Ituri Forest, a dense rain forest in
central Africa. Okapis are very
wary, and their highly developed
hearing alerts them to run when
they hear humans in the distance.

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