WATCH: 'Dobby' from 'Harry Potter' is alive and kicking at a zoo in the UK!
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
This aardvark's resemblance to the elf is unbelievable!
One of the heart-wrenching scenes from the 'Harry Potter' franchise is the part where Dobby dies at sea.
The house elf of Potter's nemesis, Malfoy, was quite the divergent character as he believed in having "no master".
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Might he have returned as this aardvark in a zoo in the United Kingdom?
This is because an aardvark was born at Chester Zoo looking exactly like the character.
They announced the birth of the aardvark in a news release sharing that the calf was welcomed on 4 January 2022.
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It is not a coincidence that they named it after Dobby because it resembles the elf almost identically - oversized ears, wrinkled skin, and hairless.
“As soon as we spotted the new baby next to mum we noticed its uncanny resemblance to the ‘Harry Potter’ character, Dobby, and so that’s the calf’s nickname for the time being,” the zoo’s team manager, Dave White, said in a statement.
Have a look here:
We have something very, VERY special to announce – the FIRST ever baby aardvark to be born at the zoo 🥰🤩
— Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) February 11, 2022
Everybody, meet Dobby ⚡❤️#chesterzoo #meetdobby pic.twitter.com/nQsABiJLRQ
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“It is a momentous landmark for us and a real cause for celebration,” White said in the statement. “We’re overjoyed.”
This is because it is the first aardvark birth at their facility.
There are only 66 aardvarks in zoos across Europe and 109 in zoos worldwide, the BBC reported.
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