Super Bowl-scorned Atlanta Zoo names baby cockroach 'Tom Brady'

Atlanta Falcons fans no doubt were calling Tom Brady all sorts of names after this month's Super Bowl, and now the city has a cockroach named after the New England quarterback.

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.

One of the largest species of cockroach, growing up to seven centimetres, Madagascar hissing cockroaches are found inside of rotting logs and some people keep them as pets.

 

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