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The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium opened a contest Wednesday, Dec. 3 to name its newest reptile.

The zoo acquired a 200-pound, 18-foot python Nov. 16 from a private breeder. The new python is the daughter of Fluffy, the zoo's record-setting python who suddenly died two months ago.

The zoo opened the name contest online Wednesday, Dec. 1, asking its Facebook fans to choose. Facebook users can make suggestions on the zoo's page (facebook.com/columbuszoo) until Monday, Dec. 7.

The zoo will choose three finalists and post them on Facebook Dec. 10. The name with the most votes by 9 a.m. Dec. 17 will win, and the person who suggested the name will get four Gold Memberships to the zoo and Zoombezi Bay.

Since the contest opened Dec. 3, hundreds of Facebook users have come up with names for the snake. They include Sloopy, Cuddles, Jungle Jackie, Puffy and many more.

Names will get entered once, and the first person to suggest the name will get credit.

The new python is kept in the zoo's Asia Quest region.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio zoo has settled on a familiar name for its new snake that has replaced her record-breaking mother.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium says its new reticulated python will be called Hanna — which happens to be the last name of the zoo's celebrity zookeeper, Jack Hanna.

Hanna the snake was acquired last month from the same private breeder who had sold the zoo her mother, Fluffy. At 24 feet, Fluffy was the longest snake in captivity when she died in October of an apparent tumor.

At 18 feet, Hanna is a little shaver compared to her mom.

The zoo says a name-the-snake contest on Facebook awarded Hanna the most votes, slightly more than second-place, Fuzzy.

Jack Hanna says having a namesake chokes him up.
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