{"id":371056,"date":"2026-04-09T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371056\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:34:16","slug":"khon-kaen-zoo-welcomes-moo-dengs-newest-relative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371056\/","title":{"rendered":"Khon Kaen Zoo Welcomes Moo Deng\u2019s Newest Relative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khon Kaen Zoo celebrates the birth of a healthy pygmy hippo, the sibling of Moo Duang and relative of internet icon Moo Deng. Join the gender-reveal contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khon Kaen Zoo has announced a delightful new arrival this summer: a healthy pygmy hippo calf that shares a bloodline with Thailand\u2019s most famous &#8220;pork-themed&#8221; animal celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Born on the morning of 5 April 2026, the calf is the sixth of its species to be successfully bred at the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The newborn, weighing a sturdy 5.76kg, is the offspring of parents &#8220;Yaya&#8221; and &#8220;Nadech&#8221;\u2014named after Thailand\u2019s premier celebrity power couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a charming twist of fate, the calf arrived on the exact same day as its older brother, the local favourite &#8220;Moo Duang.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new arrival has already sparked a media frenzy due to its impressive lineage.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Khon Kaen Zoo celebrates the birth of a healthy pygmy hippo, the sibling of Moo Duang&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[194039,179891,194037,111,139,69,194038,147,406,3651],"class_list":{"0":"post-371056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-khon-kaen","9":"tag-moo-deng","10":"tag-moo-deng-pygmy-hippo-viral","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-pygmy-hippo","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-wildlife","17":"tag-zoo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}