World Okapi Day celebrates a forest animal found in the wild only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those striped legs may remind you of a zebra, but the okapi’s closest living relative is the giraffe.
Like a giraffe, an okapi can use its long tongue to pull leaves from branches. Its big ears can point in different directions, useful in a forest where you may hear an animal before you see it. In a photo, try tracing the outline of an okapi’s head and see where the family resemblance shows up.
About the observance
https://iucn.org/news/species-survival-commission/202110/world-okapi-day
More about the featured species
https://www.londonzoo.org/whats-here/animals/okapi