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The baby has a name! Thanks to the more than 9,400 of you who cast a vote on the Today show website to give Brooklyn’s biggest baby an equally big name. The winning choice, Akituusaq, means “gift given in return” in the Siberian Yupik language. Yupik is spoken in St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, where Akituusaq’s parents, Kulusiq and Ayveq, were rescued as calves.
“Akituusaq” (pronounced ah-kee-TOO-sack), was selected by 4,322 voters, easily trumping the three other names proposed: Utvak, or “block of ice made from snow” (a.k.a. “ice cube”); Ukiivak—King Island; and Utumek, meaning “Earth.”
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| At 276 pounds, the baby walrus is still just a fraction of his parents’ size. Eventually, he’ll grow to 3,000–4,000 pounds. Until then, the pip-squeak is going by “Aki.” | | |
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