A Zoo In The U.K. Names An Otter After SEVENTEEN's Dino

A zoo has named the cutest otter after SEVENTEEN‘s Dino!

On January 23, Chester Zoo in the UK uploaded a tweet via their Twitter of 5 newborn otter pups dipping their toes in water for the first time! In the tweet along with the clip, the zoo asked their followers for suggestions regarding naming the baby otters.

Five baby otters dipping their toes in water for the first time 🐾💦🥰

THREE girls and TWO boys – help us name these perfect pups below… pic.twitter.com/fy1dxHzzqb

— Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) January 23, 2020

Some Carats saw the tweet, and were struck with how much Dino bore a resemblance to the adorable otters! Soon, the comment section of the Tweet was filled with requests to name one of the otters after Dino!

name one of them dino please 🥺🥺🥺🥺 he’s literally one of them 🥺🥺🥺🥺 pic.twitter.com/2bYOAA7TFE

— 💫 going to see svt (@miraclechannie) January 24, 2020

hi, this is dino from a famous kpop group called seventeen i think it would be really cool if you named one of the boys dino as its his favorite animal and he resembles one 😁 pic.twitter.com/XIfcE8qbte

— c (@dnosluv) January 23, 2020

Please name one of them Dino after the youngest member of kpop group Seventeen (@pledis_17) who has been know to resemble an otter! Hope the pups grow up to be as healthy and powerful as our Dino is 💕 pic.twitter.com/YlInZAX1Ib

— [snail] Eunice💎 #NowSVT (@be_17forever) January 24, 2020

After all the requests to name one of the otters after SEVENTEEN’s maknae, Chester Zoo uploaded a tweet on January 28, announcing the 5 otters names as Pebbles, Blossom, Rainbow, River and Dino!

🥁Our FIVE otter pups have been NAMED🥁

Everyone, meet the boys Dino and River💙… pic.twitter.com/2uraDRLZVx

— Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) January 28, 2020

and three girls Pebbles, Blossom and Rainbow💜 pic.twitter.com/1G2FIXytjU

— Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) January 28, 2020

Fans have been ecstatic at Chester Zoo’s heedfulness of their adorable request!

Dino the Otter. Really a cute name. 😘@pledis_17 #SEVENTEEN #DINO https://t.co/o68cOs6P0l

— Honey_Cassie17🌻 (@loveyouknoow) January 30, 2020

DINO THE DINO THE
FUTURE OF FUTURE OF
KPOP OTTER pic.twitter.com/q83jOqv88e

— 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊✨ (@howoouwu) January 29, 2020

This is the second time an animal has been named after a K-Pop idol! In January 2019, the Los Angeles Zoo And Botanical Gardens in the U.S. named a baby pudu after NCT‘s Haechan after fans raised nearly $2500 USD for it, because they believed that Haechan looks just like the pudu!

It's come to our attention that Haechan of the K-pop group @NCTsmtown is considered by many of his fans to resemble an adorable pudu. So we want to give fans the opportunity to officially name the newborn fawn after the singer! https://t.co/s00mYUwdvb pic.twitter.com/zRvo8UMHsa

— Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (@LAZoo) January 10, 2019

SEVENTEEN is currently on their 2019-2020 world tour Ode To You, and embarked on the North American leg of their tour in January. Their last release was with their full album Ode To You, and title track “Fear”.

Watch the MV here!