6 Baby Animals That Are Winning Over The Internet With Their Cuteness This Year
The year of cute baby animals.
By Celine Low — 07 Oct 2024, 04:59 PM
This viral jiggling sensation made her debut at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand in July and has won over the Internet with her memeable and relatable personality. Moo Deng's cuteness has even attributed to a significant increase in zoo visitors and braised pork knuckle sales in the country.
Baby hippo power!
2. Molé the two-toed sloth
Adorable little Molé is a rescue at the Sloth Conservation and Wildlife Experience in Costa Rica. He was orphaned after his mother passed away from a long-standing open fracture. The sloth nursery is actively taking care of him and hopes to release him back into the wild when he is old enough.
For now, the wide-eyed sloth is stealing hearts of everyone who looks at him.
3. Pesto the penguin
Pesto, a nine-month old resident of SEA LIFE Aquarium in Melbourne, has waddled his way into Internet fame.
Towering over his own parents, this adorable baby king penguin weighs an impressive 21kg, charming viewers with his 'chonky' waddle and fluffy feathers.
4. Biscuits the seal
If you've never heard of Biscuits the seal, you're welcome!
This ultra-adorable rescued seal is one of the latest additions at the Vancouver Marine Mammal Rescue Society (VAMMR). In a now viral video, the VAMMR implored netizens to add Biscuits to their list of favourite baby animals.
Known for her signature upright pose and sweet, big black eyes, there's no escaping Biscuit's cuteness.
5. Hua Hua the panda
Hua Hua, a giant panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, has gained popularity among netizens for her unique appearance and gentle personality. With her upside-down teardrop-shaped eye circles, Hua Hua's chubby appearance has led people to compare her body shape to an onigiri.
The four-year-old panda was born with developmental delays, so she is smaller, weaker, and has a slower reaction time as compared to her peers. Netizens quickly fell in love with Hua Hua's unfazed demeanour when videos of the tiny panda's food being stolen by her bigger peers went viral online.
Hua Hua has amassed a fan base as well, gaining more than 14.7 billion views on Chinese social media platform Weibo since she was first introduced to the public in 2020, reported Today Online.
Born in a conservation village in Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu on 26 September, this baby elephant is the first to be born in the village in its 10-year history. This little bundle of joy got her name "Hujan" because it was raining when she was born.
Many Malaysian netizens hope to make her as famous as Moo Deng and Pesto.
