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2,040 lose -- orangutan is Datu

By James Goodman
Staff writer

(March 24, 2004) — Call him Datu.

That’s the name that a panel of judges today selected for the newborn 
orangutan in a contest at the Seneca Park Zoo.

Jason Grubb, who attends the University of Buffalo and has family in 
Rochester, submitted the winning name, which means nobleman or chief in 
the Iban language. Datu is a title used by Malay rulers in the 19th 
century.

A total of 2,041 entries were submitted for the contest.

The Seneca Park Zoo Society and local Tim Hortons restaurants sponsored 
the contest. The winner receives a number of prizes, including a 
bicycle.

The baby Bornean orangutan was born Jan. 29.