The Oakland Zoo on Thursday asked for the public to vote on a name for a new male giraffe that recently arrived at the zoo.
The 13-month-old and 10-foot-tall giraffe came from the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans and arrived at the Oakland Zoo in a specially designed carrier on Tuesday night.The zoo has given people on social media the chance to pick one of three names in Swahili—the language spoken in the giraffe's native region—and the winner of what could be a neck and neck race will be announced on Monday.The options are are Enzi , Nuru and Kovu .
The giraffe, which is now one of six at the zoo, came to Oakland as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Program, which seeks to ensure the sustainability of a healthy and genetically diverse giraffe population, zoo officials said.
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