![]() Whole Foods Market engaged its Facebook fans to select the most masterful moniker for the 11th otter, a female whom they named Rutabaga. The last adolescent male answers to a more traditional title: Kevin. They chose Chowder and Clementine for the Zoo’s 5-year-old father and 3-year-old mother, respectively, as well as Pork Chop (male), Pickles (female), Saffron (female), Olive (female), Peaches (female), Turnip (male) and Radish (female). This species spends much of its day foraging for food, so it was only fitting that Whole Foods Market select gastronomic-themed names. In appreciation, the Zoo asked Whole Foods Market to select names for the family. The donation also supports the Zoo’s Asian small-clawed otter conservation, enrichment and public education programs. Whole Foods Market made a monetary gift that covered the cost of transporting the otters from the Santa Barbara Zoo to Washington, D.C., in early April. Eleven otters-two parents and nine offspring-will dive into their new digs this Saturday. Olympic Swim Team prepares to go for the gold in London, a new family of Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinereus) is making quite a splash of their own at the National Zoo. Photo Credit: Jen Zoon, Smithsonian's National ZooĪs the U.S. ![]() ![]() Otter Family Makes a Splash at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
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