Rare okapi born! Join Kora on her first outdoor adventure 💜🦄

A rare okapi has given birth to an “incredibly special” calf at Chester Zoo. The wide-eyed infant, born to first-time mum Ada and dad Stomp, has remained snuggled up in her nest ever since her arrival into the world. But now, the shy youngster has started to take her very first tentative steps outside as she begins to gain in confidence. Conservationists have named the female calf “Kora” in homage to a small village inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, located in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – the only place on Earth where the animals can be found in the wild. The okapi was only discovered around 120 years ago, in 1901, and for that reason the species has been nicknamed the ‘African unicorn’ as a result of its elusive nature. Read more about Kora here: