The internet loves Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus living in a zoo in Thailand. The small hippo has gone truly viral online and is so popular that SNL has even gotten involved. And all that popularity has led to high prices on virtual baby hippos in Final Fantasy 14.
I won’t waste too much time explaining Moo Deng here in this post as you likely already know who the popular pygmy hippopotamus is because you A.) use the internet and B. ) clicked this article.
But the quick explanation is that earlier this month a zoo in Si Racha, Thailand posted some images of Moo Deng on Facebook and she quickly became a viral sensation. The zoo has had to implement time limits on viewing and installed cameras to watch out for fans harassing the tiny hippo. And now it seems a lot of people want their very own digital Moo Deng in FF14.
As first reported by GamesRadar , in-game prices for FF14’s Hippo Calf minion have increased dramatically since Moo Deng became an internet star. On September 24, someone posted the prices of Moo Deng on one server in FF14 . Before Moo Deng went viral, you could grab a Hippo Calf for around 30,000 Gil.
Not too expensive. Now, you’ll have to pay nearly 300,000 Gil for a calf. Unbothered.
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twitter.com/ufJLNemkS3 — FINAL FANTASY XIV (@FF_XIV_EN) September 21, 2024 One thing that likely contributed to the calf’s rising prices was a tweet from the official Final Fantasy 14 Twitter account. On Sept.
