{"id":682356,"date":"2019-08-15T18:41:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n<p>The latest addition to the Maryland Zoo\u2019s chimpanzee family has a new name.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo announced Friday the winner of its\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>online naming contest<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>for the baby girl chimpanzee.<\/p>\n<p>Th"},"modified":"2019-08-15T18:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:41:16","slug":"over-10000-vote-on-whether-new-chimpanzee-should-be-named-afia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/15\/over-10000-vote-on-whether-new-chimpanzee-should-be-named-afia\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 10,000 vote on whether new chimpanzee should be named &#8216;Afia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The latest addition to the Maryland Zoo\u2019s chimpanzee family has a new name.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo announced Friday the winner of its\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>online naming contest<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>for the baby girl chimpanzee.<\/p>\n<p>The names up for vote were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Afia<\/strong>, which means \u201cborn on a Friday,\u201d from the Ewe language, which is a Niger-Congo language spoken in Benin, Toga and Ghana. Chimpanzees can be found in Ghana, but the population there, as in most areas, is in rapid decline due to habitat loss and over-hunting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kit<\/strong>, in reference to her mother\u2019s name. A baby rabbit is called a kit or a kitten.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lola<\/strong>, another play on her mother\u2019s name. Lola is the name of the female rabbit in the \u201cLooney Tunes\u201d film series.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zalika<\/strong>, which is Swahili for \u201cwell-born.\u201d Swahili is spoken in multiple east and central African countries, including Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where chimpanzees are found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the winner is Lola!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had about 10,000 people voting, and Lola got about 35 percent of those votes, so it was a clear favorite,\u201d said Margaret Innes, assistant curator at the Maryland Zoo. \u201cIt\u2019s a great day for us. It\u2019s wonderful to have a new generation in our chimpanzee troupe and lovely that we can share it with everyone here today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so happy she officially has a name now,\u201d said Pam Carter, Chimpanzee Forest area manager. \u201cAnimal care staff will use individual names, especially during training sessions. The chimpanzees all recognize their own names as well as each other\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Baby Lola was born July 5<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and made her big debut July 19. Zoo visitors can see Lola and her mom, Bunny, at the zoo\u2019s Chimpanzee Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Lola is one of 13 chimpanzees at the zoo. She\u2019s estimated to weigh about 4 pounds, and looks much like a miniature version of her mom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest addition to the Maryland Zoo\u2019s chimpanzee family has a new name. 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