The talk of Thailand since last year has been Moo Deng, the toddler pygmy hippopotamus who became an internet celebrity.

Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping ... fits of energy and proclivity for snapping toothlessly at hoses and knees. Named for a Thai dish that means “bouncy pork ...

In the initial clips, she could be seen playfully fighting with the water hose and noshing on some assumably delicious grass. Moo Deng rose to viral fame for her seemingly endless capacity to ...

Claims of Moo Deng's passing surfaced online in recent days across social media platforms. For those uninitiated, the pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, based in Thailand, went viral last year after the ...

If you've been online at all recently, there's a good chance you've come across Moo Deng. The baby pygmy hippo has enthralled the internet for weeks, with photos of the adorable two-month-old ...

The internet loves cute animals. (Shocking, I know.) But more than a fact of life, it's practically a pillar supporting the weight of the online world's entire infrastructure. Some of the earliest ...

Moo Deng, which means bouncy pork in Thai, has boosted revenue for Khao Kheow Open Zoo, near the capital Bangkok, by doubling visitor numbers. But groups including Born Free and PETA say they have ...

Only a month after the kingdom’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been ...

Moo Deng, turning three months old this Oct 10, has become a world-famous “Thai star” after her caretaker, 31-year-old Atthapon Nundee, started sharing clips of her on social media ...

Keep an eye out too, because you might spot Moo Deng floating peacefully in the moon-lit water. Photograph: King Power Mahanakhon The star of the show, the irresistibly cute pygmy hippo from Khao ...

While Moo Deng got famous for videos of her playing with keepers and chasing water from a hose, Pilié caught her while she was getting her beauty sleep. Last year, Moo Deng was known for her ...