Article 6QW3H A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at | Helen Sullivan

A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at | Helen Sullivan

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Helen Sullivan
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In West Africa, Pygmy hippos are said to carry a diamond in their mouths, which they use to light their way through the forest

The thing to know about the pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng is that she is angry, but also she is sweet. In photographs, she is often blurry and at all times, she is shiny. She secretes something known as blood sweat" which is actually her sunscreen.

She is a hippopotamidae. She is stout. She runs like a piglet and has a snout like a very, very new puppy's. She is very fast.

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