Check out the Tights on the Okapi! -Crazy Creatures [Pic] [Video]

Have you heard of an Okapi? Me neither, until today. You may be thinking it's a zebra relative, but it's actually most closely related to the giraffe. It lives in the Congo in Central Africa.

Wikipedia says:

Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The animal was brought to prominent European attention by speculation on its existence found in popular press reports covering Henry Morton Stanley's journeys in 1887. Remains of a carcass were later sent to London by the English adventurer and colonial administrator Harry Johnston and became a media event in 1901.^[2] Today, about 10,000–20,000 remain in the wild and as of 2011, 42 different institutions display them worldwide

If you want to know more and help this creature, check out the Okapi Conservation Project.