Simba

The first lion cub to be conceived by the zoo through assisted reproduction... handsome fella!

Zoos need to stop naming their animals after movie characters, I'm not naming my kid iron man, now am I?

@Mr Gharial I don’t feel that’s an entirely appropriate comparison. In my understanding, ‘simba’ is a genuine Swahili word entirely independent of the movie character, whereas ‘Iron Man’ is a descriptive nickname that is hard to apply elsewhere. Secondarily, animal names don’t have the same personal significance to the bearer - a child named after a particular character may have negative feelings about the name, to a lion I’d say it wouldn’t matter. That said, I agree that ‘Simba’ is a bit of a poor name simply because it is overused for both fictional and real lions.

@Junklekitteb That's fair, but the amount of elephants named Dumbo, the ring tailed lemurs named Julian and lions named Simba, Scar and Alex is rediculous

@Mr Gharial - but lots of parents do name their babies after movie or tv characters which are popular at the time of birth.

@Chlidonias Yeah, but those parents are stupid

I heard a woman call her daughter, her daughter was named Tinkerbell. I felt very bad for her daughter

@Mr Gharial um... my name is Tinkerbell.

@Chlidonias I really hope you're being sarcastic, but on the internet you can never be sure...

Nice photo, whatever you call it...

@Mr Gharial wait 'till you find out that his late father's name is Mufasa