Okapi??

I'm about a quarter of the way through James Rollins's book, BLACK ORDER, and in it he talks of a rare animal called the Okapi. It's related to the giraffe. I guess it's endangered, which is maybe why I've never heard of it, but it's a pretty cool looking animal. I think giraffes are one of the coolest looking animals, so when I read about the okapi, I had to check it out. A few zoos in the U.S. actually have okapis. I'll have to check it out one day.