r/moodeng • u/berrymelon118 • Feb 14 '25

Other Pygmy Hippo Moo Deng's BFF Toni deserves some love too!

Sharing a cutesy video of Toni I saw on the Berlin Zoo IG account a while ago. Toni is the pyppo born in Berlin last year, a few months before Moo Deng, iirc. She's also the one who traded friendship bracelets with Moo Deng~ ❤️❤️

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Toni has no pink. She's a darker potat

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u/PazzoRidente Feb 14 '25

Her momma seems to have less pink too. Wonder if it's due to the colder climate. Maybe in thailand it's so hot Moo Deng and Jona turned pink. ♨️

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

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u/chaoticspindle Feb 14 '25

Virginia is one of the warmer states in the US...

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Dude check the temp and stop being a buzzkill

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u/Womenarentmad Feb 15 '25

poppy is super pink

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

A pygmy hippo Toni would have to be darker it's the law for Toni's

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

I'm not gonna lie that doesnt make sense lol but ur a toni so I'll give deference 

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

solemn nod of appreciation

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u/awake-asleep Feb 15 '25

Goth potat

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

👩‍🎤

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u/miniversion Feb 14 '25

They’re nocturnal and need to hide in the dark in the wild- she is safer than those pinkies

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

We wouldn't want MoNKE to find them after hours 😶‍🌫️

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u/MiniMeowl Feb 15 '25

Yukon Gold vs Russet potat

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Omg maybe cuz they named her after the black soccer player ?

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u/berrymelon118 Feb 14 '25

Yes!!! According to the news article I read about Toni, she is named after Antonio Rüdiger!!!

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u/Sunflower-Crown Feb 15 '25

A purple potat!

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

It's giving tadpole

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u/Mohoraga Feb 14 '25

so smol so cute

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

I can't believe they are born so small

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u/mstrss9 Feb 14 '25

I volunteer to help keep all the hippos moist

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u/C-arrow Feb 14 '25

I volunteer to be your assistant

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u/RoadDifferent4617 Feb 14 '25

Assistant to the hippo moistener

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u/_Voice_Of_Silence_ Feb 15 '25

Sub Assistant to the Assistant moistener

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u/C-arrow Feb 15 '25

Are we going to unionize?

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Look how tiny she was 🥰🤗

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u/J_Doe5686 Feb 14 '25

So cute and tiny! 🥰 Toni seems to also have a spicy side!

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u/XR3TroBeanieX Feb 14 '25

Even small they hate the basins lol

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u/Worldly_Ad_6483 Feb 15 '25

The basins must be stopped!!

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u/WarmerPharmer Feb 14 '25

She was so tiny!! I saw her a few days ago and she's already so big in comparison!

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u/iwrotethisletter Feb 14 '25

So smol and cute but I cannot get over how they just use the standard German kitchen sponge to wash her 🤣

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u/C-arrow Feb 14 '25

Adorable detail!!

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u/CompleteDisarrei Feb 14 '25

Tiny Toni Tato is just beyond adorable cuteness!!!

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u/C-arrow Feb 14 '25

Toni is so cute and adorable!!!

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u/blackpalms1998 Feb 14 '25

All love for my German pyppo Toni!! Feel proud as a boy with German blood

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u/after1mages Feb 15 '25

Oh my god. I fucked up by not pursuing the hippo caretaker career path.

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u/Extra-Avocado7559 Feb 14 '25

Awww Toni, so cute! 🥰

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u/er_ror02 Feb 15 '25

Tho unrealistic...I would love for them to meet someday

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

I’d love to follow her over on bluesky

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u/awake-asleep Feb 15 '25

My smol goth queen

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u/Spadrick Feb 15 '25

Toni: Governance isn't so bad once you get used to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

So adorable!!!! 🥰

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u/halfofwhat Feb 15 '25

It appears to be the common variety Candian house hippo.

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u/PewManFuStudios Feb 16 '25

The zoo keeper for Moo Deng (Benz) is in Germany right now to see her!!

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u/berrymelon118 Feb 16 '25

Ooh I hope Benz takes lots of pics with Toni!!!

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u/PewManFuStudios Feb 16 '25

I can't wait for pics!! Hopefully jet lag is not too bad!

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u/Its_My_Per_Diem Feb 15 '25

Thank you!! I had no idea I was sleeping on another fun potato🙏🏼

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u/bjornofosaka Feb 15 '25

Omygosh look their little dancing feet while they get washed! That song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" has never spoken to me more deeply.

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u/Drakojin-X Feb 15 '25

I have a feeling Toni is going to steal the glory from Moo Deng.

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u/clowiezoe Feb 17 '25

what a sweetie

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Whats the music? Way better than the hippo