In a month where internet jokesters forced the Cincinnati Zoo to close its Twitter account after bombarding it with Harambe memes and a year where they hijacked a contest to give a ship the name ‘Boaty McBoatFace,’ the Philadelphia Zoo announced they would hold a contest to name a gorilla born there.
Baby gorilla makes debut at Philadelphia Zoo; naming contest to come. https://t.co/hLzWC1fUAK pic.twitter.com/3j8CGxNANF
— Philadelphia Inquirer Politics (@PoliticsINQ) August 31, 2016
The phrase “It’s your funeral” has never been so apt.
Odds are it will not allow write-ins, but Twitter has already erupted with ideas.
https://twitter.com/CambroLiving/status/771068475301244928
Let's just called it Harambe II and be done with it. https://t.co/MvlHmr1ax3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 31, 2016
Ebmarah https://t.co/IDmuoO32Wk
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) August 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/heyfeifer/status/771066010287890432
https://twitter.com/tanyasic/status/771064672107790336
https://twitter.com/Cosmis/status/771064543992745984
https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/771063514656075776
HARAMBINHO
— Dan Carson (Big Shogun Guy Now) (@thedoctorcarson) August 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/HurricaneHealy/status/771066658442113024
Monkey McMonkface.
— Peter Nygaard (@RetepAdam) August 31, 2016
And if you still miss Harambe and want to tell the world the truth, buy our shirt.