Across the globe, four words have enraged feminists, hippo enthusiasts and those who are chronically online. A few months ago, the world fell in love with Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo born at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. The internet couldn't get enough of watching Moo Deng as she grew bigger and bigger each day, but now, it seems there's a new hippo on the block.
READ MORE: Barry Keoghan addresses months-long 'deadbeat dad' rumours "Moo Deng? Who Deng?" wrote Edinburgh Zoo on X (formerly Twitter) announcing the birth of their new pygmy hippo calf, Haggis. Almost immediately, the team behind the post received backlash online for unnecessarily pitting two women against each other. "Ya'll are bitches putting moo deng down like that in Haggis' name," wrote one user on X.
"They would not speak about each other like this." Another asked, "Why are we pitting women against each other. Moo Deng and Haggis can live in the same space.
" READ MORE: Gladiator II star reveals 'chaotic' reality of working with Ridley Scott It wasn't long before the team at Edinburgh Zoo realised their grave mistake, releasing a "notes app apology" to all the scorned hippo advocates out there. "We were wrong to pit Haggis and Moo Deng against each other," they wrote. "There is space in this world for two beautiful pygmy hippo divas and we should celebrate them all.
Sorry to Moo Deng. let's work it out on the remix." If you're confused about what exactly is going on with that apology, it seems.
