The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo this summer.

91裸聊视频淢oo Deng? Who deng?91裸聊视频� the Scottish zoo playfully posted Monday on the social media platform X as it introduced its infant hippo to the world.

The smack talk pitted two critters with more in common than just being females calves of the same endangered species. They91裸聊视频檙e also named for meat products that don91裸聊视频檛 typically carry cute connotations.

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland that is butt of many jokes, is made in a sheep91裸聊视频檚 stomach filled with spiced and diced innards. Moo deng is a type of meatball that means 91裸聊视频渂ouncy pork91裸聊视频� in Thai.

Moo Deng, a pudgy, pink-cheeked pygmy hippo, quickly became a social media star about two months after being born at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in July. Videos of her went viral and she was the source of endless memes.

The Thai zoo planned to copyright and trademark the hippo91裸聊视频檚 name and capitalize on its fame by making shirts, pants and other merchandise to support its operations.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is also looking to cash in on its prize pygmy with a drawing promising the winner a 91裸聊视频渦nique pygmy hippo experience91裸聊视频� to meet Haggis and her parents, Gloria and Otto. Tickets are 5 British pounds ($6.50) and the zoo had raised more than half its 15,000 pound ($19,500) target in a day.

91裸聊视频淧repare to fall in love with wee Haggis,91裸聊视频� the zoo said. 91裸聊视频淲ith her playful nature, Haggis will show you why the world has fallen in love with pygmy hippos!91裸聊视频�

There are only an estimated 2,500 pygmy hippopotamuses in the wild in West Africa, where it is threatened by poaching and loss of habitat.

Edinburgh Zoo visitors won91裸聊视频檛 immediately be able to see Haggis, who was born Oct. 30, because the hippo house will be closed during the first month of her development.

After using Moo Deng91裸聊视频檚 fame to draw attention to Haggis, the zoo apologized for creating a rivalry.

91裸聊视频淲e were wrong to pit Haggis and Moo Deng against each other,91裸聊视频� the zoo said in a later post. 91裸聊视频淭here is space in this world for two beautiful pygmy hippo divas and we should celebrate them all.91裸聊视频�