Edinburgh Zoo’s newest penguin chick has been named after Scotland hero John McGinn.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the wildlife conservation charity that runs the zoo, named bird after the Aston Villa midfielder ahead of the Scotland team’s final group game on Wednesday.
They said they wanted to honour McGinn after he scored Scotland’s first World Cup goal for 28 years.
The charity also said the name fits the chick perfectly due to its “strong left flipper”.
McGinn will stand out from the crowd of 150 penguins with his own version of a Scotland strip – a blue and white armband.
SuppliedAlison MacLean, zoo keeper, said: “After John McGinn scored Scotland’s first World Cup goal for 28 years, we wanted to honour his achievement.
“We noticed one of our gentoo penguin chicks has a strong left flipper and knew we had to name them after the man himself.
“While our McGinn won’t be scoring goals anytime soon, we hope visitors will enjoy seeing the curious chick grow up.
“Who knows, they might just get a call from Steve Clarke for the 2030 squad.”
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