Yet, all this time, cute animals have been a staple of killing time online. So...why? Why is everyone posting about Moo Deng? First and foremost — and let this be imminently clear — because ...

“It literally felt like people would die for this hippo.” But Moo Deng’s sudden celebrity was not merely a result of cute ...

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In late August and early September, Moo Deng’s story took a turn from locally famous endangered cute animal to world-famous viral internet meme. Eventually, we all move on to the next cute ...

Given half a chance, they’d scribble a moustache on the Mona Lisa. Luckily for us, Moo Deng isn’t the only cute animal I can’t shut up about in the group chat. Pesto is a nine-month-old king ...

Appropriately, Moo Deng likes to “deng” or bounce, and Atthapon got a lot of cute and funny moments or her giddy bouncing on social media. Even when she’s not bouncing, the hippo is ...

‘Precocious’ Oregon Zoo elephant calf Tula-Tu takes her first trip outside ‘She came out particularly cute’: Less than ... “Move over, Moo Deng,” co-host Savannah Guthrie said, as ...

PETA's Senior Media and Communications Manager Jennifer White said: "There’s nothing cute about a baby being born in captivity. For animals like Moo Deng, who would naturally shun human contact ...

The talk of Thailand since last year has been Moo Deng, the toddler pygmy hippopotamus who became an internet celebrity. Popular New Orleans-based influencer and meteorologist Scot Pilié got ...

While based in Thailand to film White Lotus season 3, two lucky cast members got the chance to meet Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippopotamus. Sam Nivola, 21, and his costar Sarah Catherine Hook ...

Moo Deng has become an internet sensation since her birth on July 10. — Photography Lillian SUWANRUMPHA/AFP As well as being cute, animals can also be formidable cash machines.