Baby Hippo Moo Deng 'Predicts' 2024 Presidential Election

The world is still many hours, if not days, from learning the outcome of the 2024 United States presidential election. But all the way over in Thailand, viral internet sensation Moo Deng was given the opportunity to predict the race. Because who needs polls when you've got a baby hippo?

On Monday, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand’s Chonburi province, where Moo Deng resides, posted a video to TikTok in which their resident celebrity was presented with two watermelon "cakes." Each cake had the name of the respective candidates spelled out on it, representing former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the four-minute long clip, Moo Deng and another hippo were lounging in a pond while the two cakes were placed on a nearby slab of cement. After slowly making their way out of the water, Moo Deng went for the cake on the left while the larger hippo went for the cake on the right.

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"Who will be the President of the United States? We'll find out in 48 hours," the caption on the video read. However, in what may come as a dismay to at least half of the country, based on polling data leading up to the election, Moo Deng did indeed choose the cake bearing Trump's name on it.

However, many of the comments on the video seemed less concerned about the election and more focused on the baby hippo. "Why is everything she does so cute!?" gushed one commenter while another declared, "Moo Deng for president."

Moo Deng became a viral sensation in September 2024 when images of her getting a bath began circulating online. It didn't take long for people to flock to the zoo to catch a glimpse of the hippo, with guests having to be limited to just five-minute-long visits.

In any case, at just four months old and a resident of Thailand, Moo Deng is clearly ineligible to vote, so ultimately the results of the election will be left up to American citizens.