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Adoring fans from around the world converged in Thailand this week to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who became a social media sensation. John Yang reports.

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Moo Deng, Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo from that inspired a Saturday Night Live character and thousands of memes, has begun her four-day birthday celebration at Khao Kheow Open Zoo.

Thousands of fans gathered at Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the viral baby pygmy hippopotamus.

"She spent the whole day lumbering around," 'TODAY' show correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer said of the hippo's b-day ...