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The naming contest of Iriki's baby is online from today on Facebook. "Ringo" is a Polish game, "Kijani" means green. The result will be announced on 27th July. A
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will be voted to Ringo, and a
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will be voted to Kijani
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Zoo breeds two critically endangered Roti Island snake-necked turtles (a first for the zoo):

Taipei Zoo breeds two critically endangered turtles - Taipei Times

Taipei Zoo has bred endangered Roti Island snake-necked turtles for the first time, it said on Wednesday.

The zoo said it bred two of the species, which is named for its long snake-like neck and the Indonesian island to which it is endemic.

The zoo worked with the Turtle Island conservation center in Austria to import a Roti Island snake-necked turtle and attempt breeding, it said, adding that it produced its first fertilized eggs in April.

Eggs from the species typically have an incubation period of about 120 days, meaning that the eggs hatched this month, it said.
 
TigerStripe said:
I believe I they are named Qiu Hsiang and Zhu Chang :)
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Kifaru Bwana said:
I was hoping for local confirmation as Chinese names get transliterated too often and be misquoted (I am trying to relate these to individual records for the pygmy hippo thread).
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The 2 male pygmy hippos are 秋祥 (Qiu Hsiang) and 侏長 (Chu Chang).
There are several romanization systems for spelling Mandarin though, so 秋祥 and 侏長 can be spelled as "Ch'iu Hsiang" and "Chu Ch'ang", or "Qiu Xiang" and "Zhu Chang".
 
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