Though he's less shortstop and more short stuff, the African penguin chick now bears the name of a Cincinnati legend, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced on Friday.
CINCINNATI — Reds Hall of Famer Barry Larkin has been granted his highest honor yet: Having a zoo baby named for him.
"There are several Cincinnati Reds fans on the bird team, including me, and I actually lived in the same neighborhood as the Larkins when I was a kid," said Rickey Kinley, Cincinnati Zoo's bird team leader."Our chick was two weeks old when the City of Cincinnati renamed a street after Barry Larkin, and that gave me the idea to give the penguin his name too."
The zoo said baby Larkin has already proved to be a good flock-mate, like his namesake. During his time in the zoo's brooder, Larkin was given his own nest, as was a kea chick also in the brooder. Still, zoo staff members consistently found Larkin had climbed from his nest and into the kea's nest for some snuggle time.
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