Moo Deng has a new friend in town – and they need a name

Watch retired Moo Deng – there’s a caller hippo calf successful Thailand, and it needs a name.

The babe was calved aboriginal successful the greeting of October 13 and was gladly welcomed by zoo keepers astatine Somdet Phra Srinagarindra Park Zoo successful Si Sa Ket, Thailand.

The gender of the carnal is to beryllium determined, arsenic the parent has not yet allowed vets adjacent capable to inspect the newborn.

As the clip of writing, the five-day-old hippo is reported to beryllium acceptable and healthy, but it volition request a sanction – and the zoo is urging you to assistance take one.

Since the commencement announcement, the fig of visitors has surged successful a akin improvement to that of erstwhile Moo Deng entered the world.

Many are hoping to drawback a glimpse of the latest chunky hippo.

‘We haven’t named the calf yet, truthful we’d similar to invitation the nationalist and tourists to articulation america successful naming it,’ the zoo told section news.

The workers besides urged visitors not to flip nutrient into the animal’s enclosure, arsenic hippos are herbivores.

Guests who are keen to donate a acquisition for the newborn tin permission nutrient with the caregivers.

The zoo is unfastened each time from 8.30am to 4pm and houses galore different animals specified arsenic monkeys, bears, crocodiles, deer, pheasants, ostriches and snakes.

The newborn is the latest hippo to drawback attraction among carnal lovers but there’s different contender arsenic well.

Lololi was calved to 13-year-old ma Kambiri, weighing conscionable 8.8lbs.

The adorable hippo who is 9 months aged and whose sanction translates to ‘there is ever love’has since grown to 143.3lbs.

Zoo workers astatine Taronga Zoo successful Sydney person been sharing photos and videos of Lololi online.

In 1 video, the pygmy hippo tin beryllium seen astatine the backmost of a excavation of h2o – flapping her ears and adorably trying to devour the falling rain.

And determination is, of course, Moo Deng – the carnal who started the obsession with pygmy hippos.

Moo-Deng has been dubbed an ‘icon’ and ‘legend’ by Time Magazine, and has already amassed 2.5 cardinal followers connected her TikTok account.

She lives successful Khao Kheow Open Zoo successful Chonburi, Thailand – and her sanction means ‘bouncy pork’.

Atthapon Nundee, 31, a zookeeper astatine Khao Kheow Open Zoo, said: ‘The infinitesimal I saw Moo-Deng born, I acceptable a extremity to marque her famous, but I ne'er expected it would dispersed abroad. I thought she could beryllium celebrated successful Thailand but not internationally.

‘She is called ‘bouncy’ and she is rather ‘bouncy’ too.’

The adorable hippo has siblings besides named aft pork – Moo Wan, which means Thai saccharine pork; Pha Lor, which means pork belly stew; and Moo Tun, which means stewed pork.

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