Help The Denver Zoo Name Their Baby Greater One-Horned Rhino

DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Zoo wants the public's help naming their baby greater one-horned rhino. Starting Friday, anyone can go onto the zoo's website and pick from one of three names.

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The names are:

Talli - which means "youthful" or "young" in Hindu and Tamil traditions.

Joona - in Nepalese culture, Joona means "treasure" or "joyful in nature."

Pemba - Pemba Doma Sherpa was the first Nepalese female mountaineer to climb Everest's north face.

(credit: Denver Zoo)

Visit denverzoo.org/support/rhino-naming/ to select the name you like best. The zoo is asking a donation be made to cast a vote.

(credit: Denver Zoo)

Every dollar counts as a single vote and you can cast multiple votes. Donations made to name the rhino calf help fund care for rhinos at the zoo and in the wild.

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