CHONBURI: Thailand's latest internet celebrity, baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, is challenging its keepers with the unexpectedly big crowds it is drawing to its zoo, two hours south of the capital Bangkok.
A two-month-old female pygmy hippo named Moo Deng, who has recently become a viral internet sensation, is seen at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand , on Sep 16, 2024. CHONBURI: Thailand 's latest internet celebrity, baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, is challenging its keepers with the unexpectedly big crowds it is drawing to its zoo, two hours south of the capital Bangkok.
But the zoo is now getting 3,000 to 4,000 people on weekdays, and welcomed 20,000 visitors over the weekend, the 51-year-old said - most of them lining up to see Moo Deng.A two-month-old female pygmy hippo named Moo Deng, who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with its mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Sep 16, 2024.
Moo Deng's caretaker and social media manager Atthapon Nundee, 31, said the rise of short-form videos has turbocharged the pygmy hippo's fame and hopes it will be a boon for biodiversity preservation. A 2022 study published by the Royal Society of Canada's Academy of Science shows that social media can play both positive and negative roles in wildlife conservation.
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