Moo Deng, a famous hippopotamus, is ready to mate with a woman from Korat Zoo.
PUBLISHED: 27 Nov 2024 at 15: 16
Plans are being made to increase Thailand’s dwarf hippopotamus population with the older sibling of the famous hippo, Moo Deng, and Moo Manao of the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo.
On October 27, Moo Toon and his girlfriend lived at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri, where he and his girlfriend life. He had only turned five. Eight years old is then Moo Manao. Both are at the best period for breeding, according to park staff.
The Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s chairman, Narongwit Chodchoy, announced on Wednesday that he had sent a staff to Nakhon Ratchasima to check the female dwarf hippo’s health before taking her to Chon Buri for breeding.
The park is now arranging an enclosure for the soon-to-be pair to sit together, and a “wedding” will also be held, Mr Narongwit said.
Dwarf animals are quiet and they like to live single, so their breeding place needs to be properly provided, he added.
Pygmy hippos, who are regarded as an endangered species, are now the subject of consciousness thanks to Moo Deng’s world celebrity. There are fewer than 2,500 child dwarf crocodiles in the wild, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the population is declining.