#Moo Deng TikTok videos

[viraltrendsspot]

How This New Yorker & Taylor Swift Fan Molly Swindall Saw Moo Deng In Thailand & Pesto The Penguin

A New York-based Taylor Swift fan and animal lover named Molly Swindall traveled over 8,000 miles to Thailand just to see Moo Deng, a viral baby pygmy hippo that has become an internet sensation.

[jnsaiba]

made by BrimRun on TikTok:

[skinntyy]

Moo Deng speaks out for the first time.

[questions-about-blorbos]

People in my inbox trying to accuse Khao Kheow zoo of abusing Moo Deng and acting like they are experts who can point fingers and say the zoo and Moo Deng’s Thai keeper are unfit to take care of Moo Deng are so silly.

I’m Thai and I live only an hour drive away from the zoo. I used to visit the zoo frequently when I was a kid, and I — as well as any other Thai people — know the zoo does NOT abuse animals. It’s actually the opposite when they rescue and take in injured animals or animals who they rescued from abusive backgrounds.

Please don’t act like you know better than locals, who are familiar with the zoo and how they treat and save animals, just because you saw one TikTok post where a white person with white savior complex said Moo Deng was abused because her caretaker patted her on her butt a little too hard when they played, or because he manhandled her playfully when she, just like any other kids, threw a tantrum and tried to squirm away— even though Moo Deng’s mom, who could literally be seen eating next to Moo Deng when her caretaker “abused” her in those videos, trusts the caretaker to take care and look after Moo Deng for her and are always unbothered by the way Moo Deng is treated. (Because she knows Moo Deng is fine.) Just like how he took care of her other kids, Moo Deng’s older siblings, for the past 8 years.

And did I mention that Moo Deng’s older siblings are literally so clingy that they always demand to be close to their human caretaker? HE MUST’VE BEEN SOOOOO ABUSIVE TO THEM THAT THEY LIKE HIM THIS MUCH 😡

LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS (and gif) OF ONE OF MOO DENG’S OLDER SIBLINGS WITH HER CARETAKER (the same man who takes care of Moo Deng) AND HOW “SCARED” SHE IS / sarcasm

Anyway, this post explains so absolutely well why the baseless claims, about the zoo being abusive, are complete bullshit.

My favorite quote from them: “Please don't trust random (may I add racist?) foreigners on the internet over locals who actually knows what they're talking about.”

As a local who’s familiar with the zoo and has visited the place many, many times, Khao Kheow zoo and the caretaker NEVER abuse Moo Deng or any of their animals. Thank you.

*Please also follow and support the amazing, hardworking caretaker of Moo Deng and her family over at khamoo.andthegang — gif and all photos above credit to him

— peace and love, mod 2

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

I love Fiona the Hippo, so I really liked your post highlighting her, but now I'm sad that Moo Deng is having a bad time. I did think it was funny she tried to bite that one handler's crotch, and I was worried that she's going to grow up to be an aggressive hippo that might hurt someone because they're just kinda . . . letting her bite people and how that'll end very badly for her, but it hadn't occurred to me that she was being mistreated. :(

It’s hard to say whether she’s being “mistreated” necessarily. I don’t like to throw around words like abuse when it comes to animal welfare because people use it way too lightly.

But there’s definitely a degree of stress she’s experiencing due to that handling. It’s so easy to find cute animal videos endearing and amusing when we don’t know what to look for.

I tend to try to assess things over multiple contexts and videos and form an opinion from there. The blatant smacking, grabbing, picking up and chasing were probably the best examples- but I only found most of those because TikTok kept shoving guest videos from the zoo onto my fyp.

The biting was another flag. Yes, hippos use their mouths to interact with their world but regardless of context it’s just a huge no no when it comes to handling any animal - especially a large herbivore that grows up with a bite force of approx 1800lbs!

Also I was looking for more videos of their adult Pygmy hippos and came across a video of one of the keepers using a water gun on one of them

Dude really? You’re going to post that on your official zoo TikTok and not have a think about the optics for your conservation message?

Yikes.

Also the adult Pygmy hippo very much avoids the keeper and either tolerates it or runs away from the water.

Interesting to see the open mouth while being followed/chased with the water gun while he tries to avoid it. A redirected threat display? A stress yawn? He just looks very much like he’s tolerating it.

It does make me wonder if this is another hippo raised with the same rough handling as Moo Deng and they’ve just learned nothing they do matters and to tolerate whatever comes their way. It’s pretty much learned helplessness and I don’t like that at all.

Compare this with Fritz the common hippo (Fiona’s brother) interacting with the hose - it stays in one place for him to interact with, is offered and then moved away so he can continue to seek it out if he wants more. He actively seeks the hose and can move himself around to where it feels best.

This is how you offer consent and autonomy to your zoo animals. Not chase them around their enclosure with a water gun jfc

[mariacallous]

If there’s one term that’s been used more than others when describing this year’s Spotify Wrapped, it’s this: flat. The New York Times said it. So did TikTokkers. Between its “Pink Pilates Princess Roller Skating Pop” phases and AI-generated mini-podcasts, lots of listeners took time away from the time-honored tradition of posting their cringiest Wrapped stats to say that this year’s offerings were milquetoast at best.

“Spotify Wrapped is a bit … underwhelming this year,” wrote one X user. “NOT worth the hype,” offered another. The annual tradition “lost what made it so dynamic in the first place,” wrote a third, citing things like location- and music-based Sound Towns that rolled out with Wrapped in previous years. “Which is to say that PEOPLE make things better. Those layoffs are showing.”

Quite a few frustrated Spotify users referenced layoffs at the company and questioned whether its shedding of key talent was to blame for Wrapped’s fizzle. The company let go of some 1,500 people, 17 percent of its workforce, this time last year, something CEO Daniel Ek later acknowledged “did disrupt our day-to-day operations more than we anticipated.”

Seemingly, Wrapped relied on AI more than ever this year, with AI podcasts to analyze your listening habits, an algorithmic playlist hosted by Spotify’s AI DJ, and bizarre, probably AI-generated genre descriptions.

Yet it seems unlikely the layoffs were the only thing that impacted the quality of Wrapped this year. It could be that the algorithms are just losing touch.

That’s not to say they’re not tracking stream numbers the way they used to—although there are conspiracy theories to that effect—but rather that everyone now knows they’re being tracked, and algorithms just aren’t able to pick up on organic trends the way they used to.

After years of embarrassingly finding out that they spent more time listening to My Chemical Romance breakup songs than they did listening to their friends’ advice, people are now self-conscious about what they play and in what volume. Just as much as everyone went into this year’s Wrapped season prepared to brag about their Brat Summer, they were just as worried about telling on their Sad Bastard autumn. Parents, once again, found that their Wrapped wasn’t about their own tastes, but their children’s.

Wrapped has ceased being about one person’s surprising listening habits and more about nebulous shifts in vibe. Yes, lots of people listened to Chappell Roan and Kendrick Lamar this year. Is anyone the least bit stunned?

But this isn’t even just a Spotify issue. Lots of platforms now offer year-in-review wrap-ups, and nearly all of them feel like a collective shrug. Over on TikTok, the company touted that its users were very interested in being demure, very into Moo Deng. Yeah, no kidding. These revelations are about as shocking as the fact that there were 1.2 million BookTok posts in the first 10 months of the year, something anyone who has ever opened the app could probably tell you is a big part of the platform.

Reading its annual report, I was reminded that, perhaps, TikTok’s algorithm has gotten too good at pointing people in the direction of sure-fire hits and less good at loading FYPs with videos people will find incredibly inventive or fascinating.

In other unsurprising news, horniness was big on Grindr this year. The hookup app’s Unwrapped report also named Charli XCX as Mother of the Year and found that the Sex Position of the Year was missionary. Actually, maybe that is surprising. For Grindr, at least.

My final thought, though, comes from a year-end mainstay that (I don’t think) is algorithmically based: Oxford University Press’ Word of the Year. Determined by popular vote, input from experts, and, as Oxford Languages president Casper Grathwohl told The New York Times, a little bit of “dark art,” this year’s word is … drumroll … “brain rot.” Er, you know, the degeneration that comes from too much time looking at dumb stuff online.

First, yes, that’s two words. Second, other people also noticed this discrepancy, proving that maybe all of the internet’s beloved year-end traditions are feeling the heat of social media scrutiny this year. “Brain rot” also beat out “demure” and “romantasy,” the frequent BookTok topic. So, ultimately, maybe algorithms did impact this one, too, just not in the way you might expect. Maybe the real brain rot was all the decisions we made along the way.

[were--ralph]

Are you still obsessed with your daughter Moo Deng?

I love my daughter and now tiktok won't stop showing me videos of her

[fastwalker]

I don't like how the keepers are constantly man handling moo deng (the viral baby pigmy hippo), it just looks like these abusive pet owner videos who constantly pester their dog or cat to force a reaction for a "cute" online video (when in fact the animal is showing distress, idk enough abt hippo body language to tell if moo deng is distress)

it already lead to zoo visitors throwing stuff at the hippos bc they want them to act like in the videos instead of sleep and graze, like they mostly do https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/13/moo-deng-hippo-tiktok-khao-kheow-open-zoo-thailand-viral

[northern-punk-lad]

The idea Moo Deng is being abused are often ridiculous because

1. They only ever use proof from tiktok videos which obviously catch the most interest stuff people who have been to see her in person have said most of the time she’s just relaxing

2. Compare her to regular hippos when she is a Pygmy hippo

3. Thailand animal right have looked into themselves and said she’s completely fine

[tadeojonesmemes]

Every time I go to social media apps...

... I always see Moo Deng.

Moo Deng is so cute 🥰

My roommate and I thought about going to Khao Kheow Zoo, but it was too crowded, so we didn't go. We could only watch Moo Deng videos on TikTok or other social media apps ;(

[therealdistortion]

both my entire tumblr feed and TikTok fyp is just pictures or videos of moo deng

[vilecrocodile]

ive watched some of the insta videos from the zoo where moo deng is at, and my inexpert verdict is that the keepers are absolutely provoking her for the sake of "cute" content, but aside from the inherent stress of the fear reactions shes not really being harmed, any more so than any chihuahua being harassed into growling or snapping for tiktok is. as far as i can tell the hippo enclosures seem spacious and appropriate and the animals themselves look healthy enough. eventually moo deng will grow up and probably bite someones arm off or maul them. but thats the sort of game you play with wild animals. its certainly not enough to warrant "cancelling" and condemning the whole zoo, whose practices and animal welfare policies you probably dont know any more about than i do. if youre so concerned with animal welfare then start at home. dont share content of wild animals having physical interaction with humans or being provoked into stress reactions. have some thought about the cute videos you share. examine your cultural bias around "animal mistreatment" and if youre having a stronger response just because the animal is in a zoo in asia. learn about conservation efforts. and for the love of god stop letting people get away with bringing their untrained unsocialized dogs everywhere and letting their cats free roam outside

[ayo-edebiri]

Where can I watch Moo Deng videos? 🥹

Mostly on here!

[possiblepeople]

Video description: A tiktok video of Moo Deng, a baby hippo living at Khao Khreow Open Zoo.

Moo Deng is laying on her side while she is getting playfully poked and petted by a Zoo keeper.

Moo Dengs mother can be seen in the background eating greens. End video description.

She is the moment

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

Okay wtf is going on with Kheo Keow’s TikTok.

Hosing a hyena in an area they can’t escape from. They don’t need to be hosed what are you doing???? Hyena is focused on something else and spins around multiple times (this isn’t play it’s frustration)

Sneaking up on two common hippos - one sees the keeper and immediately gets up and turns to him with head lowered as the keeper giggles (gee I wonder why they feel so defensive?) and then another shot of him sneaking up when they’re lying down and smacking them on the rump, laughing! What the actual fuck are you doing???

Keepers have been killed by hippos in the past. Don’t play with fire (this incident happened at another zoo - keeper is lucky to be alive)

Not to mention the video of the keeper chasing around an adult Pygmy hippo with a water gun

Uh guys…. That’s an endangered species you’re chasing around with a fake gun. Did we think about the optics of this at all? Kind of hard to take your conservation messaging seriously when this is how you treat your animals.

Moo Deng clearly isn’t the first animal they’ve been inappropriately handling for clout. That is extremely concerning.