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Bru, the baby capybara at the Edinburgh Zoo. For a while, the suggested name online was 'David Attenbara' (thelemmy.club)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cq5p45y9vl4o

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/baby-bara-boy-bru-edinburgh-zoos-viral-capybara-baby-named-after-public-vote

Edinburgh Zoo’s adorable baby capybara has been named Bru after a public vote on social media. The name was chosen from four distinctly Scottish options provided by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the wildlife conservation charity that runs Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park.

https://pethelpful.com/pet-news/edinburgh-zoos-names-first-baby-capybara-in-18-years

People in the comments shared their excitement over the news and even shared name suggestions. The overwhelmingly popular name users recommended before the “babybara” was officially named was “David Attenbara,” in honor of “national treasure David Attenborough.”

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[-] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

Why is it that the popular public name is one they never go for? Justice for David Attenbara and Boaty McBoatface

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

To be fair for the original competition with Boaty McBoatface, it was about naming a ship not a boat. There is a distinction between the two.

So they compromised and the ship was named the RRS Sir David Attenborough, while one of the submersibles was named Boaty McBoatface.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

the ship was named the RRS Sir David Attenborough

Well that is a fun coincidence

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Not a coincidence at all, it was the second most popular name suggestion.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I meant in the case of the capybara

This crowd naming situation ended up on the same name as that one

[-] cjoll4@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Justice for Shippy McShipface

[-] Rug_Pisser@piefed.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Cappy McBaraface!

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Capys are so adorable, I had the opportunity to pet one and feed him a carrot at a kid's birthday party a couple years ago and it was overall an 11/10 experience

[-] yenahmik@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Absolute perfection

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Have a sip of this Bru, bro!

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Simply magnificent.

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2026
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