Posted by: Caileigh Robertson, Communications
More than 1,000 community members weighed in to name
Woodland Park Zoo’s new Asian small-clawed otter pair in our naming contest presented by Umpqua Bank.
The lucky winners who submitted the selected names are sisters Megan and Nicole Green (ages 9 and 10) of Renton and Hanah Deets (age 7) of Bainbridge Island.
Guntur and Teratai in the Bamboo Forest Reserve exhibit. The pair is currently off view while they raise their newborn pups. Photo by Dennis Dow/Woodland Park Zoo. |
After a panel of zoo judges deliberated over your Malay
language submissions, the winning names are:
- Male otter - Guntur ("thunder")
- Female otter - Teratai (“water lily or lotus”)
The lucky winners who submitted the selected names are sisters Megan and Nicole Green (ages 9 and 10) of Renton and Hanah Deets (age 7) of Bainbridge Island.
Thanks to all who entered! Guntur and Teratai are currently
off exhibit while they raise their newborn pups, but will re-debut this August
when the young family is ready to explore the Bamboo Forest Reserve together
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Show your otter love and become an Asian small-clawed otter ZooParent today! Your adoption helps fund the daily care and feeding of our zoo animals, and $5 of your contribution will go directly to the zoo's conservation efforts, supporting wildlife and habitat protection throughout otter habitat in Asia and across the globe.
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Show your otter love and become an Asian small-clawed otter ZooParent today! Your adoption helps fund the daily care and feeding of our zoo animals, and $5 of your contribution will go directly to the zoo's conservation efforts, supporting wildlife and habitat protection throughout otter habitat in Asia and across the globe.
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