KOTA KINABALU: Police do not suspect any foul play was involved in the death of a specialist doctor whose body was found in her house in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district over two weeks ago.
Visitors look at Moo Deng, a two-month-old female pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, alongside her mother Jona, 25, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on Sunday, September 15, 2024. - AFP
Her cheeky expressions and playful frolicking racked up millions of views and have lured thousands of visitors wanting to witness her antics. Native to West Africa, the pygmy hippo is threatened by human activities, such as logging, mining and poaching, and there are only 2,000 to 2,500 left in the world, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.One group said they woke up at 5:00 am to make the two-hour drive from Bangkok to see the celebrity.
"With more and more images of pygmy hippos online, more people fell in love with them. They are poached in the wild, so with more people caring about them, it might prevent their poaching," he told AFP.
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