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Baton Rouge zoo names baby giraffe after Joe Burrow

It's likely Joe Burrow will hear his name called early at the 2020 .

It's even more likely he'll hear it called if he ever visits the Baton Rouge Zoo.

Local voters have elected to name a baby giraffe "Burreaux" to honor the former LSU quarterback and Heisman winner who led the Tigers to a National College Football Championship.

Votes cost $1 to make with proceeds benefiting conservation efforts in the wild. The winning name beat out other options like Romeo and Kiume, which is Swahili for strong.

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Burreaux was born on Dec. 26, 2019 -- about a month after his namesake made this epic entrance on LSU's Senior Day. When Burrow and the Tigers beat Clemson for the College Football Playoff Championship, any local naming contest became a forgone conclusion.

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By May's draft, Burrow might join another family of big cats. But even if the Bengals take him with the first overall pick, he'll always belong to a giraffe in Louisiana.

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