CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The votes are in! The rescued sea otter pups at the Shedd Aquarium now have names - Cooper and Watson.
The Shedd Aquarium announced Monday that after a week and a half of voting, the two rescued sea otter pup have official names.
According to the Shedd, nearly 20,000 votes from across the country helped decide names for the sea otter pups; and on Monday, the aquarium announced the two winning names: Cooper and Watson.
“We are delighted by all the excitement that this naming vote generated and even happier to have decided on two wonderful names for our rescued pups,” said Lana Gonzalez, manager of penguins and otters at Shedd Aquarium, in a statement. “We look forward to telling the stories of these two pups with guests and inspiring the public to take action of species like sea otters to keep them around well into the future.”