Celebrate Valentine’s day by naming cockroaches after exes [Video]

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED:

• Some U.S. zoos are continuing the Valentine’s Day tradition of having patrons name animals and critters after their exes.
• Some of these critters will meet an unfortunate end.
• Orders can be placed online.

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If you’re trying to find a symbolic way to get over an ex, care to benefit zoo ambassadors or celebrate a Valentine with a sense of humor, here are a few wildlife facilities that are hosting name campaigns.

Bronx Zoo’s Name a Roach

New York’s Bronx Zoo is bringing back its ‘Name a Roach’ campaign for Valentine’s Day. The program started in 2011. It allows patrons to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach for $15. The naming of a cockroach doesn’t have to be limited to exes, either. s. Orders can be placed online and a digital certificate will be issued. On Feb. 14, the Valentine’s Day gift recipient will be notified that an insect has been named in their honor.

Valentine’s Day is almost here and there’s really only one way to tell someone your love is eternal. Name a Bronx Zoo hissing cockroach for them. Go the extra mile and add a roach hat, roach socks, or romantic roach encounter to complete the package: https://t.co/S66H3cbGvB pic.twitter.com/E1X38037Cj

— Bronx Zoo (@BronxZoo) January 18, 2022

Brookfield Zoo’s Name a Cockroach After Your Ex

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago is bringing back its annual Name a Cockroach After Your Ex campaign. It has been coined as an “Un-Happy Valentine’s Day” event for that “un-special (or special) someone in your life.” For $15, holiday observers will get to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach.

After purchase, customers will receive a Certificate of Naming in their donation receipt for personal displays at home. The donation also gives buyers placement on the Brookfield Zoo’s Cockroach Naming Board outside the Hamill Family Play Zoo on Feb. 14.

This Valentine's Day, name a cockroach in honor of that un-special (or special) someone in your life! For a $15 donation to Brookfield Zoo, you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach found inside our Hamill Family Play Zoo after your ex (or anyone). pic.twitter.com/D922LjnNq5

— Brookfield Zoo (@brookfield_zoo) January 14, 2022

Only first names will be displayed for each named cockroach. Personalized messages will be excluded as well. The Brookfield Zoo will share photos of its Cockroach Naming Board on the zoo’s social media pages. If you’d like to make sure your named roach gets on the board in time, donations and submissions must be entered on the zoo’s website by Feb. 7, 2022, at 5 p.m. CST.

Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Bug Off

The Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, is hosting a Valentine’s Day Bug Off event where zoo guests can name crickets after their exes and watch them be fed to zoo ambassadors. Each feeder cricket requires a $5 donation, which will support the Lehigh Valley Zoo’s conservation and animal enrichment efforts.

We get it—sometimes love sucks. So instead of feeling down love may not last forever, put a twist on Valentine’s Day and name a bug after your ex! Make a $5 donation today to name one of our feeder crickets and we'll feed it to our ambassador animals! https://t.co/Yl7PvkgTLi pic.twitter.com/taQvv9Qt9T

— Lehigh Valley Zoo (@LVZoo) January 25, 2022

Weekly cricket feeding will be shared to the Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Facebook page leading up to Valentine’s Day. The videos will show a variety of zoo animal ambassadors munching on the crickets while staff relay information about wildlife.

Source: Fox News