Cincinatti Zoo Names New Litter Of Painted Dogs After Batman Characters

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The Cincinnati Zoo has had a new litter of Painted Dogs, and they have been named after various characters in the Batman universe.

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The Painted Dog is also known as the African Wild Dog, which is an endangered species. Here’s a statement from the Zoo’s blog:

"And the names of the painted dog puppies are Riddler, Bruce, Alfred, Hugo, Luke and Oswald for our six boys. Lucy, Quinn, Selina and Ivy are the four little ladies. If you didn’t catch the theme here, it’s Batman (don’t worry, I wasn’t that familiar with it either). Some are characters from the show, a couple from the comics, some from the motion pictures and others from the animated series. It all started when the one puppy we could distinguish from all of the others had an upside down white question mark on his back. This one clearly had to be called Riddler. The rest just followed."

Check out a video of the puppies below (they are pretty cute):

h/t Comicbook.com

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