Houston Zoo Names Baby Howler Monkey ‘Tuve’ for Astros Star Jose Altuve

Overview

• The Houston Zoo announced on social media that its newborn howler monkey is named Tuve in honor of Jose Altuve.
• The post doubled as a birthday message to the Astros second baseman with the line, “Altuve hits dingers. Tuve turns up the volume.”
• Visitors are invited to see Tuve with mom Charlie, dad Howie, and sister Riley in the South America’s Pantanal habitat.
• Zoo staff said the name fit because howler monkeys live across South America, including Venezuela, where Altuve is from.
• The move follows a local tradition of sports-themed names, from the zoo’s flamingos Astro and Orbit to the Fort Worth Zoo’s 2017 giraffe named for Adrian Beltre.