THAILAND: When New Yorker Molly Swindall first saw baby Pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng on social media, she just knew she had to meet the hippo in real life.
Moo Deng is now an internet sensation, and the hippo became famous when her caretakers at the Khao Kheow Zoo started posting her antics online.
She also became the subject of a skit on Saturday Night Live recently.
When asked what made Swindall travel across the globe just to see the hippo, she told CNN, “I thought she was absolutely hysterical and had a lot of fun energy.
She’s just a little bright spot in the world at the moment when there are so many things going on… Her rosy little cheeks, she’s precious. I just love animals, and I love adventure, so I made it a goal to go.
Molly Swindall traveled over 8,000 miles to Thailand just to see Moo …