This screengrab taken from handout video footage released by Khao Kheow Open Zoo on November 4, 2024 shows Moo Deng (L), a four-month-old pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eating a dish of carved fruit with Donald Trump’s name in Thai — AFP
This screengrab taken from handout video footage released by Khao Kheow Open Zoo on November 4, 2024 shows Moo Deng (L), a four-month-old pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eating a dish of carved fruit with Donald Trump’s name in Thai — AFP

The polls put the US election on a knife-edge, but as Americans go to vote, Thailand’s superstar baby hippo Moo Deng has predicted former president Donald Trump will regain the White House, AFP reports.

The chubby chomper took the internet by storm with her adorable antics at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, quickly becoming a staple of social media memes and inspiring a raft of merchandise. Now Moo Deng, whose name means “bouncy pork”, has predicted a comeback victory for the Republican over Democrat Kamala Harris.

Offered two dishes of carved fruit, each emblazoned with one of the candidates’ names, the four-month-old pigmy hippo chose Trump, in video posted online by the zoo.

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