https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cq5p45y9vl4o
Edinburgh Zoo’s adorable baby capybara has been named Bru after a public vote on social media. The name was chosen from four distinctly Scottish options provided by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the wildlife conservation charity that runs Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park.
https://pethelpful.com/pet-news/edinburgh-zoos-names-first-baby-capybara-in-18-years
People in the comments shared their excitement over the news and even shared name suggestions. The overwhelmingly popular name users recommended before the “babybara” was officially named was “David Attenbara,” in honor of “national treasure David Attenborough.”
11 Comments
impudentmortal@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 27d
Why is it that the popular public name is one they never go for? Justice for David Attenbara and Boaty McBoatface
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 13 pts · 27d
To be fair for the original competition with Boaty McBoatface, it was about naming a ship not a boat. There is a distinction between the two.
So they compromised and the ship was named the RRS Sir David Attenborough, while one of the submersibles was named Boaty McBoatface.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface
otter@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 27d
Well that is a fun coincidence
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 2 pts · 26d
Not a coincidence at all, it was the second most popular name suggestion.
otter@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 26d
I meant in the case of the capybara
This crowd naming situation ended up on the same name as that one
cjoll4@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d
Justice for Shippy McShipface
Rug_Pisser@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 27d
Cappy McBaraface!
yenahmik@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 27d
Absolute perfection
hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 27d
Simply magnificent.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 26d
Capys are so adorable, I had the opportunity to pet one and feed him a carrot at a kid's birthday party a couple years ago and it was overall an 11/10 experience
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 27d
Have a sip of this Bru, bro!