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Adoring fans name baby hippopotamus Fritz, following an online vote by Cincinnati Zoo.
Cincinnati Zoo names new baby hippo Fritz, brother to Fiona
The Cincinnati Zoo has named their newest baby hippo, Fritz, after an online vote by tens of thousands of his adoring fans.
After over 90,000 name suggestions came in from every state in the US and over 60 countries, zoo employees narrowed it down to Fritz or Ferguson – Fritz won with 56 per cent of the vote.
"We would have been happy with either name, but we really think the name Fritz fits this spunky little guy's personality," Cincinnati Zoo's head hippo keeper Wendy Rice said.
Fritz, a male, is a little brother to the zoo's already famous hippo, Fiona. Fiona was born six weeks premature and wasn't able to stand on her own, though now she is healthy and happy at the zoo.
