Newborn Zoo Penguin Named After Myron Cope

POSTED: 12:56 pm EDT July 21, 2005
UPDATED: 7:22 pm EDT July 21, 2005

PITTSBURGH -- A new arrival is waddling into the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.

Myron the penguin

Myron, a baby gentoo penguin, hatched June 28 in the aquarium's penguin exhibit.

Staff members named the fluffy chick in honor of recently retired Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope.

The sex of the chick is not known yet. If female, she'll be called Myra.

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