Remember The Lincoln Park Rhino With The Sweet Little Dick? Well Now He Has A Name

(Source) That Eastern Black rhinoceros born last month at Lincoln Park Zoo is making great strides. Earlier this week the calf, which now weighs 200-pounds, made his public debut at the zoo’s Harris Family Foundation Black Rhinoceros Exhibit with his mother, Kapuki.

The calf also has a name—“King.” Named after King Harris, a longtime patron of the zoo who sits on its Board of Trustees with his wife Caryn and for whom the rhinoceros exhibit is named

Black rhinos are critically endangered and were nearly driven to extinction in the 1990s. They are a major target for poachers, mainly due to a misconception in some cultures that their horns have medicinal value. Recent estimates put the total number of wild black rhinos at around 5,000. Lincoln Park Zoo has housed black rhinoceroses for over 30 years, including King, Kapuki and King’s father, 27-year-old Maku.

Original Post From When The Rhino Was Born

I’m ok with this. Would it have been my first choice? To make the little black rhino sound like Michael Jackson named him? No, probably not. I would have probably gone with “Sweet D. City” or “Team Pipe Stick” or “Dong Show, Rhino” or “Big Wood City” but I guess that’s why I’m the one sitting in my sweatpants and a dirty shirt and not some guy who gets to name Rhinos for a living. Someday…

FYI, for all the baby rhinos out there, this is how you show off your new dick.