The viral baby pygmy hippo’s keepers have warned zoo goers to be gentle. Here’s a look at the cautionary tales of the internet’s other favourite animals.
Cute, chunky, and a little bit weird, the internet’s latest obsession, baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, brought joy and humour to the world, right when we needed it. And as the dust settles on her viral fame , Moo Deng, born in a Thai zoo in July, now joins the distinguished hall of fame of animals of the internet.to be gentle after videos emerged of visitors throwing shellfish and water at the tiny calf in attempts to wake her.
Baby penguin or pygmy hippo, the eternal question over which is cuter, continues to divide. Would it be un-Australian to pick the latter? There’s no denying the other “chunky” star of the season is Melbourne Aquarium’s own Pesto. The nine-month-old king penguin is 23.5 kilograms – more than his parents combined.
Digital sociologist Naomi Smith, of the University of the Sunshine Coast, said Harambe had achieved “folkloric” status online, but also pointed to “some of the dangers of what humans consume, what are essentially wild animals for their own entertainment and gratification”.Grumpy Cat’s owners said her appearance was caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism.
Smith said viral animal stars would continue to provide welcome distraction as long as global conflict and climate events meant the world continued to be “a really messed-up place”. “There’s a lot of relief from just looking at something round and cute on the internet for five minutes,” she said, “and feeling a bit better about the state of the world”.
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