“Unseen Dangers: How Zoo Visitors Are Disturbing Viral Sensation Moo Deng’s Youthful Joy”

Brands have also jumped on the trend. Sephora Thailand posted recommendations for blushes that mimic Moo Deng’s plump cheeks and glowing skin. 

Meanwhile, cafés in Bangkok, the country’s capital, and Tokyo, Japan, are selling cakes and doing latte art in the shape of the hippo.

ใกล้แล้วๆ กดติดตามกันไว้นะ

ผอ.#เสื้ยสวย #หมูเด้ง pic.twitter.com/1n6bnTlocw

— สวนสัตว์เปิดเขาเขียว Khao Kheow Open Zoo (@kkopzoo) September 12, 2024

#หมูเด้ง

#หมูเด้งจะเด้งกี่โมง

ムーデンちゃんが可愛くて可愛くて

もうメロメロ🥹🥹🥹💓💓💓 pic.twitter.com/OkEeWepUrv

— momomosparkle🌈 (@momomosparkle) September 10, 2024

The zoo has another hippo, who finds herself at the other end of life: Mae Mali, the country’s oldest-ever female hippopotamus, has just turned 59.

Of course, there are also Moo Deng’s parents, Jona, 25, and Tony, 24, and her younger sibling, Moo Toon (stewed pork), another of the zoo’s superstars, according to Thailand’s The Nation.

Native to western Africa, pygmy hippos are an endangered species, with only 2,000 of them remaining in the wild due to habitat destruction and hunting.

Most are thought to be in Liberia, with smaller numbers in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast.

 Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo, lives in Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo

@khamoo.andthegang วันอาทิตย์นี้มาเจอกัน 09.00 ครับ และต่อด้วยวันเกิดแม่มะลิ เวลา09.30 #hippo #ขาหมูแอนด์เดอะแก๊ง ♬ เสียงต้นฉบับ – ขาหมู แอนด์เดอะแก๊ง

Described as “the smaller cousins of the hippopotamus” by the Pygmy Hippo Foundation, this species reaches 70-80 cm in height (27-31 inches, half as tall as the hippopotamus) and weighs between 180 and 270 kg (400 to 600 lb).

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