1 The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse.

2 The shy okapi – which resembles a cross between a zebra and a giraffe –was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1901.

3 The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one - fifth of the Ituri forest in the north - east of Zaire.

4 The okapi was the symbol of the now defunct International Society of Cryptozoology, and remains a persisting icon of Cryptozoology to this day.

5 Then explorers discovered the gorilla, the okapi, the pygmy hippo, the giant panda and the Komodo dragon, among many others.

6 The okapi is a short - necked primitive cousin of the giraffe.

7 But , like the giraffe , the okapi uses its long tongue to grab and eat leaves.

8 The file specifications will be documented, and users wishing to load their own files must convert them into the Okapi format.

9 Each man was given a large hunting knife and two smaller weapons known as okapi knives.

10 But five years ago researchers working for the WWF found okapi tracks in the wild.

11 Deep in the rainforests of Central Africa lives the shy okapi.