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Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo, sent a frenzy among avid social media users in no time. Deng’s expressive personality has been the internet’s favourite topic ever since brands like Sephora hopped onto the trend to promote their beauty campaigns. A new video of the pygmy hippo bathing in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand is melting hearts online.
The viral clip captures the adorable Deng in a tiny pool, creating its best bathing diaries at the zoo. Sharing the video, an X user @twaniimals wrote, “Very demure, very mindful, very cutesy.”
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A mere video of the pygmy hippo bathing garnered over a million views as social media users expressed their love for it. A user commented, “Deep down we all want a life like moo deng.” Another user wrote, “Hippos are both very defensive and aggressive, but this is wayyy too cute.” “such a cute hippo baby omg it’s killing me,” a third user reacted.
Born on July 10 this year, Moo Deng is a pygmy hippo baby at the Khao Khew Open Zoo in Thailand. The animal was open to the public to watch on July 25 and gradually gained attraction due to its tiny size and endearing personality.
It was during the coronavirus pandemic when Attapon Nundee, a zookeeper, began filming the animals he was assigned to look after. He fell in love with Deng the day it was born. “The moment I saw Moo-Deng born, I set a goal to make her famous, but I never expected it would spread abroad. I thought she could be famous in Thailand but not internationally,” Nundee told The Guardian.
Deng soon broke the internet to become the most-loved animal.
