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Who is moo deng and why is lemmy obsessed with them ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/outoftheloop

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[–] setsneedtofeed 128 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Baby pygmy hippo in a Thailand zoo. It's not just a lemmy thing (I've seen a few posts about the hippo, but not a flood), but a whole internet thing. All the social media feeds have the hippo as the cute thing of the week because it's a hippo, but tiny.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And the name means "bouncy pig"

[–] MadBabs 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bouncy PORK.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tbh that is what I heard and wikipedia told me otherwise lol

Edit: probably the same word for both in Thai if I'm guessing. Is it wrong if it's cuter to refer to her as food?

[–] MadBabs 3 points 2 months ago

Nope, food name is DEFINITELY cuter

[–] CrayonRosary 5 points 2 months ago

Jiggle pork

[–] Etterra 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah it would mainstream. It actually made at least one of the late night talk shows. That's how you know the meme is dead.