Khao Kheow Open Zoo

This guide to Khao Kheow Open Zoo follows the birth of a pygmy hippo on July 10, 2024, small enough to fit in two hands, and how a few Facebook photos posted that September turned her into a global phenomenon within weeks. You'll hear about the public naming vote, the fan art and memes, and how visitor numbers at this nearly two-thousand-acre zoo, opened in 1978, doubled almost overnight. It traces how the zoo had to respond once the crowds arrived to see her.