Post by Echosdusk on Dec 1, 2007 17:52:30 GMT 1
Name: Jethro
Meaning of Name: Without Equal
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Species: Okapi
Sub-species: N/A
Colour: Normal brown male with a dark back and a slightly darker scalp around his horns. His buttocks and thighs as well as all four of his legs are white, with stripes at the top and his face is pale.
Description: He is very tall, a taller then an Eland but shorter then his nearest relative, the Giraffe, he is massive with big muscles, a broad long neck, and massively long legs. He has thick ankles and neat little toes, as well as a tiny little flicking lion-type tail. His ears are narrow and long, but curve in with that typical bent-leaf style of most grazers. His head is almost like a cross between a rhino and a giraffe, his head is thick and wide with a long stretching nose sort of like a horse's. He has the big thick lips of a giraffe that are dexterous and within them are his teeth and his massive great black tongue. He also has a large set of eyes, big cheeks, and two thick knots of flesh and bone on his forehead, these are his giraffe-like horns for when he ends up fighting for females, which has never happened.
Come From: A zoo in Germany, outside Cologne
Breeding History: He's bred six females and produced four offspring
Health Problems: N/A
History: He was born in a zoo in Germany and he was celebrated and everyone was happy. Then he got older and was sold to San Diego Zoo for a little while. Here he was introduced to one male that was aging and was quite pleased to have the company, and then when the older male died, the four females in the enclosure where his, and Jethro did not miss an opportunity. But then he was sent back home to another zoo in Germany where he had two females for company, until they were moved with their calves. For a while, Jethro was alone until he gained a few neighbors and was released into the bigger paddock. There he made friends with every animal, willing or no, and when a vast selection were taken to go to Tempolar, Jethro and some of his best friends got chosen. In the transport he made a few tiny carnivore friends, a little jackal and an Aardwolf that he guessed he would never see again.
Mate: He's had tonnes
Offspring: He's had about four from four different females and gotten about six females pregnant, but he doesn't expect any to be here
Companions: He did arrive with some, but they all got separated out, so he's lonely
Personality: Odd as it may be from a commonly shy species, Jehtro is always wanting company, be it from Okapi, Giraffe, or any other animal, company = fun for him. He loves to nose different animals and nip at them. He doesn't bully and he's very gentle, but in the right season he can be a little loopy and far too eager around the females for other animals to cope quite happily with him.
Interesting/ Extra Details: He's very prolific
ID Number: OKJE0927
Theme Music/ Song: Das Alte Leid (I'm Afraid) by Rammstein