It's always fun to watch baby animals bonding with their caretakers, especially when things don't go as expected. TikToker ...

Moo Deng, a playful, pink and pudgy hippo rose to fame this month after zookeeper Atthapon Nundee posted videos of her ...

Fortunately, Moo Deng's caretakers at Khao Kheow Open Zoo have heard your cries. The Thai zoo has launched a 24-hour livestream of its pygmy hippo enclosure, giving people the world over a chance to ...

Checking Moo Deng's 24/7 live stream will also show that she is only handled for short periods of time each day when her keeper enters the enclosure to feed her mom, defenders pointed out.

Moo Deng—whose name roughly translates to "bouncy pig—is a pygmy hippo from the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. Since her birth in July, she has doubled visitors to the zoo.

Moo Deng takes selfies and plays with her zookeeper, Atthapon "Benz" Nundee, during a celebration for her first birthday at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo on July 10, 2025 in Pattaya, Thailand.

“Makeup inspired by the legend herself, Moo Deng,” said cosmetics content creator, Mei Pang, alerting her over 3.9 million TikTok followers of beauty’s wildest new trend.

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Sakchai Lalit/Associated Press ...

Since Moo Deng's popularity has surged, the zoo now limits public access to her enclosure to 5-minute windows on weekends. Visitor numbers have jumped from 800 to 4,000 on weekdays and from 3,000 ...

“Makeup inspired by the legend herself, Moo Deng,” said cosmetics content creator, Mei Pang, alerting her over 3.9 million TikTok followers of beauty’s wildest new trend.

Moo Deng (right) with mother Jona eats fruit presented for her first birthday celebration at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand on Thursday.

The popularity of Moo Deng has caused the zoo to see weekend attendance double — from 3,000 closer to 7,000, according to Thai PBS World. There are only about 3,000 of the endangered species left.