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Help Name Philly Zoo's New Baby Sloth Bears
You can help name the first pair of sloth bear cubs born at the Philadelphia Zoo in 30 years. Options are Kelce & Harper, and Hall & Oates.
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Zoo introduced two threatened sloth bear cubs to the public for the first time Tuesday.
These two cubs were born at 3:53 a.m. and 4:16 a.m. on January 2 to 10-year-old mom Kayla and 10-year-old dad Bhalu.
This is the second successful birth of this species at the zoo in the last four years, and marks the first successful pair of cubs of this species born in more than 30 years at the Zoo.
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To celebrate their birth and the huge conservation win for this threatened species, the Zoo is inviting the public to choose from two Philly-centric name pairs for the cubs.
The public can vote on the names Kelce and Harper after Philly sports legends Jason Kelce of the Eagles and Bryce Harper of the Phillies; and Hall and Oates, for Philly’s iconic pop rock duo with hits like “Out of Touch” and “You Make My Dreams Come True”
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Guests can vote and watch the cubs anytime, anywhere with a new live stream camera presented by Xfinity online here.
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