Kind of a smart design.
Lion approaches Okapi
"Hey man, you have stripes, are you a zebra?"
"No sorry lion, I am not a zebra, just stripes on the back end"
"Well, are you an antelope?"
"Why no, I don't have horns"
"Can I eat you?"
"Nope, sorry, I am not a kudu, zebra, antelope, wildebeest...