Photo of the Day #198: Female Okapi

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A female okapi (Okapia johnstoni) photographed last year at the Bronx Zoo.


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Something about the gratuitous reference to this okapi's gender, combined with the angle of this photo that emphasizes the okapi's thighs and buttocks, strikes me as extremely sexist!

I am incredibly outraged and demand an apology.

By Stevo Darkly (not verified) on 24 Apr 2008 #permalink

Hey, she's just asking for it. Just look at the way she's dressed, the come-hither look in that big dark eye!

By Maureen Lycaon (not verified) on 25 Apr 2008 #permalink