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Can a superstar hippo help save Africa’s rainforests?

The world’s first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year, thanks to viral videos that showed off her cute expressions and chirpy demeanour. Yet the story of her species is less happy, and reveals the…

The Conversation

Moo Deng: the celebrated hippo’s real home has disappeared – will the world restore it?

The playful and pudgy mammal that went viral from its Thai zoo enclosure has a sad story to tell about her fellows hippos.

The Conversation

Out with the bats, in with the brats: 7 Halloween costumes that lean into the zeitgeist

In this week’s newsletter: Sink your fangs into these ideas to make sure you don’t look like you’re living in the past, featuring everything from this year’s body horror classic to the internet’s favourite hippo

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“Put Them In Jail”: Tourist Sparks Outrage After Firing Slingshot In Zoo That Houses Moo Deng

Authorities have filed a complaint against a group of Chinese tourists who used a slingshot to launch objects inside the zoo. The post “Put Them In Jail”: Tourist Sparks Outrage After Firing Slingshot In Zoo That Houses Moo Deng first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Is Moo Deng cake? Viral baby pygmy hippo becomes new inspiration for bakers

Baby hippo has inspired fanart, zoo merchandise, makeup looks from Sephora, and now cakes deemed ‘too cute to eat’

The Independent UK

As the world falls apart, a few things are still worth celebrating – like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo

From unexpected hugs to terrible knock-knock jokes, here are some reliable mood-boosters. Let’s face it: we need them, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Zoë Foster Blake: ‘I’d fight Moo Deng. She would win’

The author and skin care entrepreneur on her childhood pet wombat, her biggest beauty tip and her husband Hamish Blake’s mad birthday cakes

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Charli XCX shares her verdict on Bowen Yang’s SNL parody

Pop star’s response comes after comedian defended his sketch of singer Chappell Roan

The Independent UK

Moo Deng is welcome everywhere, especially Helldivers 2: "Protection Order for pygmy hippos implemented" by the one and only General Brasch

The tiny hippo is safe in the Galactic War

GamesRadar

SNL Star Bowen Yang Clarifies His Stance On Chappell Roan Following His Viral Moo Deng Sketch

Chappell Roan fans have accused the comedian of mocking her in his latest sketch.

Pedestrian.tv

The Moo Deng frenzy has officially reached Final Fantasy 14, seemingly causing the price of its adorable hippo minion to skyrocket

Moo Deng-ue fever.

PC Gamer

Is Moo Deng the new Doge? Hippo's crypto takes off

Price is up 1,400% in just a few weeks.

Fortune

SNL comedian accused of ‘mocking’ Chappell Roan defends controversial skit

US sketch show’s latest ‘Weekend Update’ segment has proved controversial

The Independent UK

Chappell Roan’s statements on fame and fans mocked in SNL skit

Pop singer has made headlines in the past month for her impassoned statements about fame and intrusive behaviour from fans

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Voices: Moo Deng and Pesto the Penguin are the perfect antidote to your existential terror

We all need something to take the edge off – and if that thing happens to take the form of a sassy hippopotamus and an enormous bird, then so be it

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SNL Weekend Update featured hilarious Moo Deng sketch and Chappell Roan jokes

This was very funny.

GamesRadar

You can't keep Moo Deng for yourself, so Final Fantasy 14 players are swarming the MMO's Hippo Calf minion instead – and even Square Enix has caught the fever

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pesto the GIANT baby penguin is the newest viral TikTok animal star

Pesto is a humongous baby penguin who is already a meme.

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Al Jazeera

Who is Pesto the penguin and why does everyone love him?

Nearly two billion people have viewed footage of the unusually large baby king penguin in Australia.

Pedestrian.tv

Viral Chaos Hippo Moo Deng Is Getting Her Own 24-Hour Live Feed For Fans & Sign Me The Fuck Up

I just wanna be like her: moisturised, unbothered, screaming.

The Guardian - AU

A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at

In West Africa, Pygmy hippos are said to carry a diamond in their mouths, which they use to light their way through the forest

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Moo Deng memes have arrived and the TikTok hippo takeover is upon us

Adorable baby hippo memes? YES.

The Independent UK

The Thai zoo home to baby hippo and internet sensation Moo Deng is patenting the pygmy

Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally

Evening Standard

Who is Moo Deng? Meet the baby pygmy hippopotamus that captured people's hearts

The internet’s unofficial favourite animal is now Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo in Thailand

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Moo Deng The Tiny Hippo Has Taken Over The Internet & Not To Be Dramatic But I’d Die For Her

The latest it girl.

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