Posted on 01/23/2023 11:05:24 AM PST by BenLurkin
A zoo has given its latest arrival, an endangered monkey, a name which is dying out among humans - Nigel.
Staff at Drusillas Park in East Sussex said they chose the name for the cotton-top tamarin monkey because it was "disappearing".
The name Nigel has become increasingly rare in the UK, and the species of monkey is also critically endangered.
Head keeper Gemma Romanis said: "It made me feel a little sad that these names are disappearing.
"I thought it could be a fun tradition to give our most endangered animals names that no one chooses anymore."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
They’re just making plans for him.
I’d have gone with the much more endangered name of “Gaylord”.
Terry Chambers was a heck of a drummer, XTC really missed him.
He’s actually touring now with “EXTC”, doing the early XTC songs.
Oh, make people associate it with a monkey; that’ll help preserve it! “Oh, you named your baby the monkey?”
Really? Nigel, Please.
Wut's this?
I rmeeber Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce in Sherlock Holmes movies.
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