Little Thai baby hippo Moo Deng took the internet by storm. The hype surrounding the animal is so great that demand for a minion in Final Fantasy XIV has increased by 1,600 percent.
Who is Moo Deng? Moo Deng is the name of a baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. When the first photos were published, the baby hippo stomped cute steps into the hearts of many people.
Sayings like: “Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.” and countless memes were created with the little baby hippo. In addition, entire fan pages were created on X.
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Final Fantasy XIV is overrun with demand for baby hippos
Because of the hype surrounding Moo Deng, everyone now wants to have their own baby hippo. However, this is only possible in Final Fantasy XIV.
In the MMORPG you can buy Minions, i.e. small pets. One of them is the “Hippo Calf Minion”, a hippo calf.
Just a few weeks ago, this baby hippo cost 17,400 gil (the in-game currency), but now the price on some servers is 300,000 gil. A price increase of 1,624.14 percent. A user shared screenshots on
But you can’t just buy this “Moo Deng copy”. Modders have also gotten to work and created mods that allow you to get your own Moo Deng without spending huge amounts of gil. Custom Moo Deng merch is also created in the game, as a user posted on X.
Square Enix is also infected
Square Enix itself couldn’t escape Moo Deng’s charm either. On X they posted a short video of the little baby hippo with the typical Moo Deng caption:
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