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World's Largest Zoo and Aquarium Shot Glass Collection

User Image zooillogix | June 5, 2008
Many people collect baseball cards, stamps, coins, comic books, rocks, fossils or nutcrackers. I believe I have opened up a whole new field of nerd-dom with my zoo and aquarium shot glass collection. Given that it is the only zoo and aquarium shot glass collection I know of, I have also decided it is the world's largest. In no particular order, I currently have shot glasses from the San Diego Zoo, Newport Aquarium, Cincinnati Zoo, Knoxville Zoo, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Tennessee Aquarium, New York Aquarium, Smithsonian National Zoo, Bronx Zoo, New England Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium…

Baby Beluga Needs a Name

User Image zooillogix | November 29, 2007
Whale or little alien? How can we be sure... A couple of months ago we covered the birth of a baby beluga whale to mama Mauyak at the Shedd Aquarium. Well now Shedd is asking for your help in naming the rambunctious little tyke. A variety of names from the Pacific Northwest that are equally meaningless to an English speaker's ear can be selected: Ipiktok (Ip-eek-tock) Very keen or sharp Opipok (Oh-pee-pock) Admirable, to admire Tuwawi (Too-wah-wee) Quick Nilak (Nee-lock) Fresh water ice Kimalu (Kee-ma-loo) Traditional Inuit name given to special people Mituk (Mee-took) Small snow layer on…