#Hippopotamus

[maybeasunflower]

Makes sense - it's hard to imagine bad luck happening to a hippopotamus.

An Egyptian rock crystal of a chonky hinpopotamus amulet

(Middle Kingdom, ca. 2050-1650 BCE)

Amulets were worn by ancient Egyptians for their protective and regenative properties. Used in both in daily life and during funerary rites, amulets represented animals, deities, symbols or objects thought to possess the magical powers of warding off evil spirits.

As animals were popular representations, the hippopotamus was known for its apotropaic (e.g. ability to avert bad luck) qualities and was associated with rebirth.

[mollybeenoel]

Poppy the Pygmy

[guilhernunes]

they are traveling

buy a print

id: painting, in a river in the forest capybaras and a hippopotamus carry rabbits on their backs

[marissasketch]

Had to paint Moo Deng!! I love her so much

[climbingthefloors]

obsessed with this baby hippo from thailand's khao khew zoo.. she has been so utterly betrayed by the world

[spicymochi]

lil baby hippo and penguin

[k-eke]

Bouncy Moo Deng!

[ayo-edebiri]

#Moo Deng is literally the cutest menace I have ever seen

[nicolethered]

Moo Deng STUNS in a new photo! (and some memes and fan art via Khao Kheow Open Zoo)

[bebx]

Fuck it. Moo Deng posting on main

© Khao Kheow Zoo, Thailand

By the way, her name Moo Deng are Thai words translated to “bouncy pork” which is a common Thai dish — as Moo means “pig” or “pork” (Thai language uses Moo for both pig and pork interchangeably), while Deng means “bouncy and slippery”. Thus Moo Deng (bouncy pork) got her name from her “bouncy and slippery” nature :)

Also for those who were wondering, here’s what the actual Moo Deng (bouncy pork) looks like as a dish

[frontmansdefender]

Moo Deng’s caretaker (the guy in the photo) responded to a vegan, pro-Peta American TikToker — who (falsely) accused Khao Kheow zoo, the Thai zoo Moo Deng’s from, of abusing Moo Deng and other animals (when the zoo’s actual known for having been saving animals, rehabilitating them and treating them with kindness) and said that Moo Deng should be in the wild (her species, pygmy hippo, is considered endangered and therefore she could not be in the wild) — by saying that he doesn’t speak English, therefore he doesn’t know what this person is yapping about, therefore he does not care. And I honestly think he’s a legend for that.

Moo Deng is loved and is well taken care of. Her caretaker loves her and has been taking care of her since her birth, way before she’s gotten famous.

Not everything is about America and not everything needs to be “saved” by American.

[kropotkindersurprise]

It's wet beast wednesday!

[mollybeenoel]

Moo Deng, a famous baby hippopotamus at Khao Kheow zoo in Thailand ♡

Bonus:

[cononeillbreastingboobily]

[doc-art]

old gods beaming instructions into my brain

[climbingthefloors]

moo deng vs the world