India, Nov. 5 -- On the eve of the US election, the beloved viral sensation from Thailand, pygmy hippo Moo Deng emerged as an unlikely prophet and "predicted" the results of the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Given the choice of two fruit cakes carved with the candidates' names, the baby hippo went down the conservative pipeline. It ended up munching on the one marked for the Republican leader at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province.

In a now-viral video initially shared by the New York Post, and subsequently reported by several news outlets on Monday, November 4, zookeepers made a prophet out of the baby hippo who shot to internet virality this year. With two watermelons at her disposal, she picked ...