CINCINNATI — Having already earned a measure of “Fame” with the Cincinnati Zoo’s first animal birth of 2016, a newborn penguin chick has been named “Bowie.”
The zoo says the baby known as a blue or fairy penguin hatched at 6 a.m. Friday, weighing less than 2 ounces.
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Friday was both David Bowie’s and Elvis Presley’s birthday, and the zoo says there was a lot of support for the Elvis name. But the zoo already has a king penguin named for “the King,” so “Bowie” was the choice for the new arrival.
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