Birthday bash for Moo Deng as she turns one


Arrrgh: Moo Deng playfully biting one of her carers at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo. — Reuters

Moo Deng, the adorable pygmy hippopotamus at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo, is set to celebrate her first birthday on July 10, and she is already receiving international recognition.

The US Embassy in Bangkok, on July 4, sent a special birthday gift: a hippopotamus plush toy named Sammy, symbolising well wishes from the United States as it marks its own Independence Day.

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