Friday, August 3, 2012

Toronto Zoo names its new penguins

Kaleigh Rogers
Staff Reporter
August 2, 2012


The Toronto Zoo revealed the names of its newest baby animals Thursday morning.



Two penguin chicks were named today. The bird formerly called “black band” has been officially named Chupa while “blue band” has been renamed Matata. The names don’t have a meaning, but are fun to say.

The names were among many thought up by zoo staff and volunteers and then placed on the zoo’s Facebook page where visitors voted.

Some of the names that did not make the cut were Tuxedo and Icecube for the penguins.
“Those names, while funny, are not necessarily what we were looking for,” Cynthia Shipley, manager of public relations and events for the zoo, explained.

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