First baby rhino born in Uganda in 28 years is named Obama

The Telegraph ^ | 09 June, 2011 | Mike Pflanz

[skeptoid]

The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in almost 30 years has been named Obama because his father is from Kenya and his mother was born in the US.

[skeptoid]

This is in today's Telegraph but it's also dated 03 Aug 2009.

[all the best]

Sounds about right.

[Eccl 10:2]

Shoulda named it Mitt.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Michelle?

[castlegreyskull]

Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus named a newborn elephant Barack so go figure.

[LaybackLenny]

I take it “McCain” was already taken?

[TLI]

[supremedoctrine]

Future generations wil look back at obscure factoids like this and say, WTF????? You can’t make this stuff up.
This is too good to be true.

[supremedoctrine]

Future generations wil look back at obscure factoids like this and say, WTF????? You can’t make this stuff up.
This is too good to be true.

[dead]

Did the little animal get his Hawaii birth certificate yet?

[grey_whiskers]

"Where's the birth certificate / beat me to it" *PING*

Thanks, Eccl!

[Lucky9teen]

You mean, instead of Mitt, Newt, Rudy?

[freedumb2003]

>>Michelle?<<

Look at the rhino baby — it is way cuter than the 1st wookie.

[Selmore]

the father was from Kenya and would boink anything that would hold still.

there i fixed it.

[Ladysmith]

OMG!! Someone as GOT to do a photo shop from “Ace Ventura, Pet Detective”!

[beethovenfan]

Probably smarter than its namesake.

[definitelynotaliberal]

That’s what I was thinking. :-)

[utherdoul]

huh I would have named it Romney.

[skeptoid]

I can only copy and paste, but if someone wants more to work with, there are better pics at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary site.

Little Obama:

The calf already has a personality and humor all his own. His mouth is constantly open making funny sounds trying to figure out all the sounds he can make.

(that's the actual caption at the source)

[dog breath]

Rhinos are almost as intelligent as a chimp, which puts their Obama ahead of ours.