Offbeat

Left: Tapir Baru plays with a ball at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Wednesday after forecasting that club Dortmund would win the Champions League final in London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The tapir did his forecast by going for a turnip painted in the colors of Dortmund. Right: Elephant Nelly scores for German club Bayern Munich at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany, on Wednesday as she forecast the result of the upcoming UEFA Champions League final. Nelly's shot apparently means a victory for Bayern. Hendrik Schmidt and Holger Hollemann / Agence France-Presse