Thailands viral baby hippo Moo Deng thrills fans with bouncy new theme song

Time to shake those hips!Moo Deng, the internet’s favorite baby pygmy hippo, now has an official theme song.Thailand’s viral, slippery, 4-month-old zoo sensation won hearts across the globe as videos of her adorable antics made their way around the internet.Now Moo Deng fans who are hungry for more hippo content can blast the baby river horse’s new theme song entitled, “Moodeng Moodeng.”“Moo Deng Moo Deng, Boing Boing Boing/ Mommy mommy, play with me,” go the lyrics to the 50-second track.“Please Mommy, come and play with me, bounce with me, mom,” the lyrics continue.Moo Deng’s mother’s, Jona, is a favorite of fans though she is more stoic than her spawn and is seen in videos benevolently ignoring the baby’s seemingly constant attempts to play.The eponymous pygmy hippo can be seen in a video for the song, which shows a loop of Moo Deng stumbling with her slick feet on the wet rocks of her enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo.The ear-grating but catchy ditty is available in several languages — including English, Thai, Japanese and Chinese.The banger is the brainchild of well-known Thai composer Mueanphet Ammara and Thai entertainment giant GMM.Moo Deng translates into “bouncy pig” or “bouncy pork” and is the name of a special type of meatball native to Thailand.Fans on social media point out that the baby hippo’s name is appropriate, as she is constantly seen slipping, bouncing, prancing, jolting, jiggling and instigating in live feeds and videos shared by the zoo.Pygmy hippos, native to West Africa, are classified as a threatened species, with only 2,000 to 3,000 of them left in the wild.Moo Deng recently successfully waded into political forecasting — when she accurately predicted President-elect Donald Trump would win the 2024 presidential election.Earlier this year, “Saturday Night Live” found itself in hot water when it used Moo Deng’s viral fame as a foil to singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, who also shot to fame over...