A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the winning moniker on Facebook yesterday.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport created an online poll so the public could help select an ape-propriate name for their female Black-handed spider monkey, which born in December.
They gave three choices — Esperanza, Mirabel and Reyna — and even explained what the names mean in Spanish: hope, wonderful and queen, respectively.
Mirabel, who lives at the Beardsley Zoo, was born in December. Beardsley Zoo Facebook The names, which was chosen by animal care specialists, were in Spanish, because Black-handed spider monkeys are native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.
“She’s growing, climbing, and thriving and now it’s up to you to choose the name that becomes part of her zoo story,” the zoo said when explaining the poll, which ended on Thursday.
The newly named Black-handed spider monkey can be seen with her mom by guests at the zoo. Beardsley Zoo Facebook Mirabel is housed with her mother in their habitat, and can be seen by guests at the Beardsley Zoo, which is the only zoo in the state of Connecticut.
She is one of the newest additions at the more than 100-year-old zoo, which also recently welcomed two red pandas, an ocelot, two scarlet ibises and seven guinea hog piglets.
