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08-17-2016, 11:19 AM
Harambe wins 'hijacked' naming competition for new water slide
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Surely after the Boaty McBoatface saga (http://mashable.com/2016/05/06/boaty-mcboatface-named-sir-david-attenborough/), you'd think caution would be exercised when it comes to public naming competitions.
Yet the much-loved internet star that is Harambe, the gorilla who died at Cincinnati Zoo, has ended up becoming the name of a water slide in Hobart, Australia. Albeit **t for long, it seems.*
SEE ALSO: Kid dancing behind TV reporter in Louisiana is the news you need today (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/kid-dancing-news-reporter/)
The Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre ran a competition on its Facebook page, an**uncing the winning entry in a post on Tuesday evening. The post has since been deleted, but a screenshot made its way on to reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/4xyyh4/the_hobart_aquatic_centre_just_named_its/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/harambe-water-slide-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Harambe (http://mashable.com/category/harambe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/YG7GJxIMmKQ
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Surely after the Boaty McBoatface saga (http://mashable.com/2016/05/06/boaty-mcboatface-named-sir-david-attenborough/), you'd think caution would be exercised when it comes to public naming competitions.
Yet the much-loved internet star that is Harambe, the gorilla who died at Cincinnati Zoo, has ended up becoming the name of a water slide in Hobart, Australia. Albeit **t for long, it seems.*
SEE ALSO: Kid dancing behind TV reporter in Louisiana is the news you need today (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/kid-dancing-news-reporter/)
The Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre ran a competition on its Facebook page, an**uncing the winning entry in a post on Tuesday evening. The post has since been deleted, but a screenshot made its way on to reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/4xyyh4/the_hobart_aquatic_centre_just_named_its/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/harambe-water-slide-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Harambe (http://mashable.com/category/harambe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/YG7GJxIMmKQ