Thai baby hippo internet star draws thousands to her zoo

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Thailand’s latest internet celebrity, baby hippo 'Moo Deng,' is drawing big crowds to her zoo.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-baby-hippo-internet-star-draws-thousands-zoo/

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00:00Thailand's latest celebrity, baby hippo Mudeng, is drawing big crowds to her zoo.

00:05Mudeng, whose name means bouncing pig in Thai, has millions of fans on social media following

00:10her clumsy adventures, including trying to nibble her handler despite still lacking teeth.

00:15The pink-cheeked hippo, whose siblings are called Pork Stew and Sweet Pork, was sitting

00:18happily in a bowl of vegetables and other snacks when Reuters visited the zoo.

00:23Eight hundred visitors used to be the norm for Khao Kaeo Open Zoo in Chonburi Province

00:26during the rainy season.

00:28But with Mudeng's popularity, the zoo gets 3,000 to 4,000 visitors on weekdays and will

00:33count 20,000 visitors over the weekend.

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