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Last week's #MysteryCreature was the Okapi (Okapia johnstoni).

The okapi is endemic to the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in Central Africa). Okapi (with their stripes) resemble zebras. However, they are most closely related to the giraffe. In fact, the okapi and the giraffe are the only extent members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands nearly five-feet (1.5 m) at the shoulder. Average body length of about eight-feet (2.5 m) and av...

Today we shine our TBT spotlight on Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin.

Stephen Robert Irwin - known to his friends and fans as "Steve" and better known to the world as "The Crocodile Hunter," was an Australian wildlife expert, television personality, and conservationist. Steve Irwin achieved worldwide fame through his very popu...

The Atlas and Axis represent the first and second (or C1 & C2 respectively) cervical vertebrae in the human backbone (or vertebral column). The Atlas (C1) is so named because the whole of the skull rests on it. [Think of the image of the Titan Atlas holding up the world in Greek mythology.] The occipital condyles (of the skull) articulate with the superior facets (of the Atlas) thereby connecting the skull to the vertebral column. The Axis (C2) allows you to turn your head fr...