SEATTLE — Officials at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo need your help naming a red panda cub.
Here are the options you can choose from:
Tián (TEA-en): Sweet
Ning (NEENG): Calm, peaceful
An (AHN): Tranquil
Click here to vote. The poll is open now and runs until July 23.
The red panda was born May 25 to mom Hazel and dad Yukiko. Officials said he also has a twin brother named Zan, which means help and support.
Click here to learn how to become a ZooParent by adopting a red panda.
The twins were born as part of the zoo’s spring baby boom. Here are some of the names for some of the other recently born zoo babies:
Chile, a pudu born May 14:
Chile was named by the Paulus family, who are friends and supporters of Woodland Park Zoo. Pudus are native to Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
Luna, a mountain goat, born May 15:
Luna was named by the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation to “honor my parents’ love of the animals in the wilderness areas of Washington and Alaska.” Luna Peak is the highest mountain in the Picket Range, an extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the state of Washington.
Yaku and Qhari Tica, penguin chicks hatched in April:
Yaku, Quechua language meaning water, and Qhari Tica, which translates to brave, courageous flower in Quechua. Yaku was named by members of Network for Nature. Qhari’s name was selected by zoo donor Karyn Rose.
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