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A penguin whose break-out from an aquarium in Japan gave him a following around the world is to be formally named after months of being known just by his number.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humboldt penguin No. 337 spent 82 days at large in and around Tokyo Bay after bolting his enclosure<\/strong>, evading aquarium staff, an army of public onlookers and even Japan’s well-equipped coastguard.<\/p>\n

But until his recapture last month and subsequent thorough medical check-up, keepers did not even know what gender the plucky escapee was<\/strong>, and had insisted he did not have a name.<\/p>\n

Now officials at Tokyo Sea Life Park have launched a competition asking visitors to think of what the bird should be called.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We decided to give him a pet name by soliciting ideas and their reasons from visitors,” said aquarium official Takashi Sugino.<\/p>\n

Visitors are being asked to watch the creature — now safely back in his enclosure<\/strong> — before putting their suggestion in a box, Sugino said, admitting the aquarium was expecting a spike in numbers.<\/p>\n

Nominations opened on June 15 and will end on July 1<\/strong>, said Sugino, adding “a naming committee comprising the aquarium director, the vice director and keepers will pick the most appropriate name.”<\/p>\n

Any name suggestions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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