The internet loves cute animals ... urge to provide care. Moo Deng's big eyes and skin rolls make us go into parent mode — even if she's a pygmy hippo. Mashable Top Stories Stay connected ...

The Washington Post pointed out that research indicates especially cute ... Moo Deng’s large eyes and adorable skin rolls evoke our nurturing instincts, even though she’s a pygmy hippo.

If you've been online at all recently, there's a good chance you've come across Moo Deng. The baby pygmy hippo has enthralled the internet for weeks, with photos of the adorable two-month-old ...

It’s Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become the internet ... This might be the reason babies and cute animals quickly grab our attention and are so hard to ignore, he wrote in 2016.

“It literally felt like people would die for this hippo.” But Moo Deng’s sudden celebrity was not merely a result of cute animal worship or the fact that the pygmy hippo, native to West ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pygmy hippo gave birth to an “adorable” baby girl in front of patrons at a Virginia Zoo “just in time for the holidays.” Staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo announced the newest addition to ...

The pygmy hippo is native to West Africa ... "There’s nothing cute about a baby being born in captivity. For animals like Moo Deng, who would naturally shun human contact and spend much of ...

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng walks at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo ... Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years.

Related: Moo Deng, the Baby Pygmy Hippo from Thailand That Has Taken Over the Internet, Is Getting Her Own Livestream He jokingly replied, “No, you’re here for Deng yourself.” Nivola and ...