This little pygmy hippopotamus has been giving the zookeepers a real run for their money with his baby hippo antics, ...

Totally unfazed that it was her birthday, she wandered around her enclosure, took a few naps and chewed her caretaker’s knees ...

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And that's exactly what I did." Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng eats fruit presented for her first birthday celebration at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, July 10, 2025.

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.

Moo Deng (R), a 1-year-old female pygmy hippo who became a viral internet sensation, eats birthday cake with her mother at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on July 10, 2025.

She’s the third baby born to pygmy hippopotamus pair Iris and Corwin in four and a half years, zookeepers said. The mom gave birth in a pool Dec. 9 as zoo guests and zookeepers watched.