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Brady and the
Patriots proved hard to kill off in the Super Bowl and Zoo
Atlanta commemorated New England's historic 25-point comeback
victory by paying off a losing bet to its northern counterpart.
The Atlanta zoo and the Roger Williams Park Carousel Village in
Rhode Island had agreed the losing side would name a baby animal
after the winning team’s star quarterback.
Meet baby Madagascar hissing cockroach "Tom Brady", named after
the Super Bowl most valuable player, who led the Patriots from a
28-3 third-quarter deficit to a 34-28 overtime victory.
"Figuring the losing side would be pretty bitter about it, we
came to the agreement that baby animal ... would be a Madagascar
hissing cockroach. So without further ado -- Meet our
newly-named Program Animal family!" Zoo Atlanta announced and
pictured on Instagram on Tuesday.
One of the largest species of cockroach, growing up to seven
centimeters (about three inches), Madagascar hissing cockroaches
are found inside of rotting logs and some people keep them as
pets.
(Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Andrew Both)
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