
Okapi
A forest giraffe in zebra socks.
Okapi vs Giraffe
Tonight's science rumble is set in the visitor lawn, now closed for SCIENCE. No snacks were harmed.
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni
An okapi's tongue can be 45 cm long and is often dark, like a giraffe's.
Leaves, fruit, and fungi. A long tongue steals lunch from thorny branches.
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
A giraffe's tongue can be 45 cm long and is often purple-black.
Giraffes nibble acacia leaves, tongues and all. Thorns? Merely crunchy.
Who do YOU think wins?

Giraffe
A living watchtower with a killer kick.