"Name: Panya the pygmy hippo. Age: About three weeks. Appearance: Adorable, to a world-conquering degree. God, I've never wanted to hear about a three-week-old pygmy hippo more. Right? Everything is so bleak at the moment, only the sight of a tiny baby animal can save us now. How tiny are we talking? Oh, unbelievably tiny. There are pictures of a two-week-old Panya standing next to a lettuce. Guess what? They're the same size!"
"Panya, born at a zoo in the German city of Duisburg at the end of last month, has already become a sensation online. He has driven Reddit into a frenzy, with one commenter frothing: Look at that little bean!! Welcome to the fun, little one! We shall post about you with reckless abandon. It's just like Moo Deng all over again. Sorry, who? Moo Deng? The pygmy hippo who went viral after she was born last year in Si Racha, Thailand. Surely you remember that."
Panya is a pygmy hippo of about three weeks, born at Duisburg Zoo at the end of last month. Photographs of a nearly two-week-old Panya standing beside a lettuce emphasize extreme smallness and have driven widespread online excitement. Social media users, including Reddit commenters, reacted enthusiastically and compared Panya to Moo Deng, a previously viral pygmy hippo born in Si Racha, Thailand last year. The World Wildlife Fund estimates roughly 2,500 pygmy hippos remain in the wild. Panya currently stays in a private enclosure with his mother and will be exhibited to the public later.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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