The director of Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Pattaya urged people to be kind after videos emerged online of visitors harassing the baby hippo.
Zookeepers have warned visitors not to abuse a two-month-old pygmy hippo that’s gained a cult following online for its “dewy glow”, feisty expressions and wobbly antics.
This week, the director of Khao Kheow Open Zoo urged people to be kind to Moo Deng after videos emerged online of visitors harassing the baby hippo.This pigmy hippo has become a viral sensation.“These behaviours are not only cruel but also dangerous,” Narongwit Chodchoi said in a statement posted online.The zoo just outside the
Two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng has been a social media hit since her keepers at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand started uploading snippets of her life online.At least one cosmetics chain agreed. Sephora Thailand told its social media followers to “wear your blush like a baby hippo” in posts promoting blusher.
“She’s very energetic and her cute appearance is soothing,” the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo said on X after a Japanese TV crew visited the zoo to report on Moo Deng’s celebrity status., sometimes known as a dwarf hippo, which is native to West Africa but increasingly rare due to habitat loss.
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