The Denver Zoo announced Friday that its baby African pancake tortoise now has a name.
Zoom in: Meet Maple, the first African pancake tortoise ever successfully bred and hatched at the Denver Zoo in its 129-year history.
By the numbers: The zoo asked TODAY.com readers to help select the name for the flat little female, and Maple took the crown with 49% of the vote.
- Other contenders: Flip (30%), Griddle (12%) and Syrup (9%).
The big picture: Maple lives with four other aptly named and critically endangered pancake tortoises: her mom, Waffles and three males — Short-Stack, Denny and Flapjack…