The polls put on a knife-edge, however as Individuals go to vote, Thailand’s celebrity child hippo has appeared to foretell former president Donald Trump will regain the White Home.
Moo Deng took the web by storm along with her lovable antics at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, rapidly changing into a staple of social media memes and galvanizing a raft of merchandise.
Now the four-month-old pygmy hippo, whose identify interprets to “bouncy pork”, has predicted a comeback victory for the Republican over Democrat Kamala Harris.
Supplied two dishes of carved fruit, every emblazoned with one of many candidates’ names, Moo Deng selected Trump, posted on social media by the zoo. The video exhibits the dish with Harris’ identify being eaten by the mom.
Moo Deng has proved a specific hit within the US, the place comic Bowen Yang portrayed her in a “Saturday Night time Stay” comedy sketch.
She additionally featured as a “write-in” in an unofficial presidential ballot run by “The Tonight Present” in September, beating each Trump and Harris, and taking 93 per cent of the vote.
Whereas the soothsaying abilities of hippos are largely untested, different animals have achieved international fame predicting the result of world occasions, most notably the legendary Paul the Octopus.
The clairvoyant cephalopod shot to international stardom by accurately predicting eight matches within the 2010 World Cup from his aquarium in Germany.
