Okapi's

Marwell Okapi birth

The house was still closed today - but I could read the 'new birth' sign through the glass.

It read 'Kibibi - female calf born 2nd June 2008 to Zukisa & Isiro'
 
okapikpr said:
Isn't Kibibi also the name of Rotterdam's new calf?
Click to expand...

Affirmative. It is rather confusing that both zoos named their female (praise be to the genetics of the entire EEP breeding season 2008 to date) Kibibi.

Kibibi of Blijdorp Zoo was born 6/3/2008.
Kibibi of Marwell fame was born 2/6/2008.

But, yep ... you are right ... it is rather awkward!

Cheers,

Jelle
 
SWA said:
Marwell Okapi birth

The house was still closed today - but I could read the 'new birth' sign through the glass.

It read 'Kibibi - female calf born 2nd June 2008 to Zukisa & Isiro'
Click to expand...

House was still closed but I could see the calf through the glass. Watched it suckling strongly from the mother.

The 2nd pregnant female they are not sure what is happening at present.
 
Hello everybody

I'm new here on this forum, i love to talk about okapi's zo i think i'm in the right place! :)

And i just read the female from Marwell is also called Kibibi?? Why??
 
Kibibi said:
Hello everybody

I'm new here on this forum, i love to talk about okapi's zo i think i'm in the right place! :)

And i just read the female from Marwell is also called Kibibi?? Why??
Click to expand...

Welcome to Zoobeat Kibibi :)
 
Born in 2008

Kibibi (F) *6 march 2008 Rotterdam (Tom + Kamina)
Kitabu (M) * 16 march 2008 Stuttgart (Xano + Epena)
Kibibi (F) * 2 june 2008 Marwell (Isiro + Zukisa)

Still to go for this year:

Dumela: Marwell, summer 2008 (if this is still correct)
Yenthe: Antwerp, october 2008.
Etana: Dvur Kralove, october 2008.




And Welcome Kibibi,
There is a PM for you.
 
Last edited:
and hopefully a second female at Marwell, along with an imminent birth at London, so with a little luck we could be looking at 8 births this year in Europe.
 
my mistake, we can still hope for 8 though.
7 successful births would be tremendous achievement
 
what is the sex ratio in Okapi like - is a male or female birth seen as more valuable?

thanks
 
We lack females in the European breeding programme. Currently Copenhagen Zoo, Leipzig Zoo and Zoo Parc de Beauval keep only males.
 
Currently there are 26.23 in Europe, 33.45 in US, and 3.6 in Japan (not counting the most recent births)
 
There are also some in Berlin Zoo, though I don't know how many
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top