This Baby Hippo Is Going Viral For All The Right Reasons
If your timeline isn't full of images of Moo Deng, the 2-month-old pygmy hippopotamus at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo, then allow me to introduce you.
Her name means “bouncy pig,” and ever since the zoo started sharing videos and images of Moo Deng lounging, biting her handlers with her toothless gums, bouncing her rolls, and generally appearing damp at all times, she's become a viral celebrity.
I don’t know what I clicked on but now my TL is flooded with pictures and stories about this baby hippo Moo Deng
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 13, 2024
Posts calling Moo Deng a "lifestyle icon" — for the aforementioned and envied sleeping, eating, and chomping — as well as the "most beautiful girl in the world" have racked up millions upon millions of views.
She's reached such a level of stardom that the Khao Kheow Open Zoo reports a notable increase in crowds since her birth.
“The moment I saw Moo-Deng born, I set a goal to make her famous, but I never expected it would spread abroad,” zookeeper Atthapon Nundee told the Guardian.
So, here are 19 of the best Moo Deng appreciation posts:
1.
Hippo star pic.twitter.com/0AmHYgxXWE
— why you should have an animal (@shouldhaveanima) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @shouldhaveanima
2.
this is how your email finds me pic.twitter.com/wXLQhE3fXq
— Aisha (@aishamadeit) September 13, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @aishamadeit
3.
gotta like a moo deng tweet every couple of days to let the algorithm know to keep em coming
— lauren (@Very__Regular) September 16, 2024
4.
she's literally just a girl pic.twitter.com/sb7LG7RnRz
— Women Posting W's (@womenpostingws) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @womenpostingws
5.
I just read this tweet out loud to my wife and she very seriously looked up and was like "wait for real?" https://t.co/IBAVhfRljo
— Kristin Chirico (@KristinChirico) September 15, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Hot Ones / Via Twitter: @KristinChirico
6.
Monday mood pic.twitter.com/kYDNhGWxzO
— ?? (@twaniimals) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @twaniimals
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If you can’t Then you don’t handle me deserve me at my at my pic.twitter.com/L7BdJPEGAe
— 1984’s George Whorewell (@EwdatsGROSS) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @EwdatsGROSS
8.
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Moo Deng! pic.twitter.com/8fV6K2p4eT
— Fake Muppet Show Guests (@MuppetGuests) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @MuppetGuests
9.
If Moo Deng has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Moo Deng has only one fan then that is me. #moodeng #??????? pic.twitter.com/RICp5MWsBX
— Moo Deng (@MooDengSOL) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @MooDengSOL
10.
I would kill and die to protect Moo Deng, KILL AND DIE. pic.twitter.com/eANH6EW9QD
— aaron (@aaronoleary) September 13, 2024
11.
unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing#moodeng #?????? pic.twitter.com/oDoPMMu8Z5
— Moo Deng (@MooDengSOL) September 16, 2024
12.
Moo Deng the most beautiful girl in the world pic.twitter.com/bCoUON9WZG
— ?? (@twaniimals) September 15, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @twaniimals
13.
i saw some of you writing off moo deng earlier this week, saying she was having her 15 minutes. look who’s laughing now. may she be slightly damp forever
— Mohammad (@MargBarAmerica) September 13, 2024
14.
Moo Deng stuns in newly shared portrait with her mother, Jonah. pic.twitter.com/1QFR6ryVh0
— yammi (@sighyam) September 16, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / Twitter: @sighyam / Via Twitter: @sighyam
15.
i’ll do it when I’m ready pic.twitter.com/ufLIlaCMXu
— hope hopes hoping (@hopes_revenge) September 13, 2024
16.
I love u Moo Deng pic.twitter.com/DRN7SPoxCl
— ?? (@twaniimals) September 16, 2024
17.
Me every time I hear something about Moo Deng pic.twitter.com/Z0Sjbos5dU
— Trey (@treyd3) September 16, 2024
ABC / Via Twitter: @treyd3
18.
NEW Moo Deng POV just dropped pic.twitter.com/TJwnIXROQn
— yammi (@sighyam) September 9, 2024
Instagram: khamoo.andthegang / instagram.com / Via Twitter: @sighyam
19.
me liking every moo deng postpic.twitter.com/6j3wEh2V6P
— Ryuga???? (@cchotatao) September 13, 2024
Mark Burnett Productions / Via Twitter: @cchotatao
