The Worst Name Given to a Zoo Animal in History

[elefante]

See the first post of the thread, and the link apart of it.

Now I see it on the top of the page. Yes, that's pretty awful.

 

[Dassie rat]

I was uneasy about a one-armed golden-headed lion tamarin at London Zoo being called 'Bandit'

 

[Dassie rat]

Eg. naming a hippo Cuddles! Quite an ironic name for the most dangerous mammal on the planet!

Surely Homo sapiens is the most dangerous mammal on the planet

 

[Mickey]

Surely Homo sapiens is the most dangerous mammal on the planet

And not so sapiens oftentimes...

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

Came across a cheetah named Drax the Destroyer the other day.

 

[elefante]

I was uneasy about a one-armed golden-headed lion tamarin at London Zoo being called 'Bandit'

Why? That's a fun play on words.