Chicago zoo’s baby camel ‘Alexander Camelton’ a social media star

Bactrian camel named Alexander Camelton is seen with his mother at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, IllinoisA month-old Bactrian camel named Alexander Camelton at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has become a social media star. The gangly brown camel has Twitter abuzz over his name, a play on Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States and the inspiration for the smash Broadway musical "Hamilton." "We've been very surprised with the reaction we've gotten on social media," Lincoln Park Zoological Manager Dan Boehm said on Tuesday.


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June 8, 2016 10:56 am

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