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Harambe, Moo Deng, Fiona the hippo, April the giraffe, Knut, the zoo and wild animals the internet adopted.
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46 moments in this segment.
- - Harambe (1998). Sign leading into Harambe at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park in early 1998.
- - Harambe (1998). Town of Harambe at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park in early 1998.
- - The craze for Knut continues -- Germans still flocking to zoo to see polar bear cub. (8 Apr 2007) HEADLINE: Celebrating Easter with cute Knut\r ----------------------------------------\r CAPTION: Thousands celebrate Easter with Germany's superstar polar bear; 15,000 people visit Knut each day.
- - Internationally famous polar bear Knut celebrates his first birthday at the Berlin Zoo. Knut the polar bear, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Cause of Famous Polar Bear's Death Sought. Veterinary experts performed a necropsy Monday on Berlin zoo's celebrity polar bear Knut to try to determine why he died suddenly over the weekend. (March 21).
- - New Silverback Gorilla Harambe 1st Time Out - Cincinnati Zoo. Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - New York Has Pizza Rat Fever. Pizza Rat, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Comedian Describes Moment He Saw Rat Carrying Pizza. Pizza Rat, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Endangered gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati zoo. Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Gorilla Killed After Child Falls Into Zoo Habitat. Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - The Story of Harambe: How the Gorilla Became an Iconic Meme | Meme History. Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Harambe (2016) (1 of 3). Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Harambe (2016) (2 of 3). Do It For Harambe" memorial at Oregon Historical Society. The exhibit had visitors fill out a notecard and place it on a map of Oregon, indicating their favorite spot in the state.
- - Harambe (2016) (3 of 3). Memorial to Harambe, the lowland gorilla killed to protect a three-year-old boy.
- - Harambe Meme Explosion Explained. Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Premature Baby Hippo Fiona Playing in Water Spray - Cincinnati Zoo. Fiona the hippo, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - April the giraffe gives birth to calf in New York zoo. April, a 15-year-old giraffe kept in a US zoo, gives birth to a calf on a live feed to an internet audience of over a million people.
- - Animal Adventure Park's April the giraffe gives birth!. April the giraffe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Animal Adventure Park's April the Giraffe - Live Birth - Archive footage. April the giraffe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Harambe (2017). Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Baby Hippo Fiona's Special Moments: Never-before-seen Videos from Care Team - Cincinnati Zoo. Fiona the hippo, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Baby Hippo Fiona - Episode 1 The Beginning - Cincinnati Zoo. Fiona the hippo, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Harambe (2019). Sign for the fictional African Port of Harambe st Disney Land.
- - Harambe (2021). Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Bear Known as 'Hank The Tank' Terrorizes Lake Tahoe Neighborhood. A wild 500-pound black bear broke into a home in South Lake Tahoe and this isn’t the first time, police said. Velena Jones reports. (2-19-22).
- - 'Hank the Tank' turns out to be 3 bears who have damaged properties around Lake Tahoe. Hank the Tank, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Top 10 Panda Cam Outtakes At Smithsonian's National Zoo. Tian Tian / panda cams, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - 'Hank the Tank' bear who broke into 21 homes around Tahoe taken to Colorado sanctuary. Hank the Tank, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Harambe (2023). Harambe, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - A Giant Farewell to Giant Pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji. Tian Tian / panda cams, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Keeper Connections: Tian Tian. Tian Tian / panda cams, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Adorable Baby Hippo Moo Deng in Social Media at Khao Kheow Zoo. Moo Deng, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Thai zoo home to internet sensation Moo Deng is patenting the pygmy hippo. Moo Deng, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Thai zoo moves to patent image of viral baby hippo Moo Deng. Moo Deng, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Huge king penguin chick in Australia named Pesto becomes social media star. Pesto the king penguin, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Melbourne aquarium's Pesto the penguin goes viral. Sea Life Aquarium Melbourne’s Pesto the Penguin will soon lose the baby feathers that made him famous. The penguin weighs an impressive 22.5 kilograms at just nine months old with his foster parents weighing 11 kilos each. Pesto's fans will need to visit soon, as he expected to shed his feathers in the next few weeks.
- - Meet Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo taking the internet by storm. Moo Deng, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Moo Deng on SNL's Weekend Update. Saturday Night Live put Moo Deng on Weekend Update, with Bowen Yang playing the pygmy hippo talking about her sudden fame. The sketch marks the point where a Thai zoo animal crossed into American late-night comedy.
- - Giant baby penguin named Pesto is internet's newest obsession. Pesto the king penguin, part of the story of famous internet animals.
- - Junjun the Bear Cub Draws Crowds in Shanghai. Inside Edition reports on Junjun, a brown bear cub at Shanghai Zoo whose splashing and tyre-play drew crowds after visitors posted videos of him. He arrived as the latest in a run of zoo animals lifted to fame by social media.
- - Pesto the Penguin Turns One. Australian television marked the first birthday of Pesto, the outsized king penguin chick at SEA LIFE Melbourne; sources give his hatch date as 31 January 2024. By then he had moulted into adult plumage and lost the brown fluff that made him famous.
- - Pesto Meets Pudding at Melbourne Aquarium. ABC News films Pesto, now out of his chick fluff, keeping company with a female king penguin named Pudding as she nears her breeding phase. Keepers describe the pairing as a courtship, an update on the aquarium's best-known resident.
- - Moo Deng's First Birthday Party. NBC's TODAY covers Moo Deng's first birthday, marked with a multi-day celebration at Khao Kheow Open Zoo. A year on from the photographs that made her famous, the pygmy hippo was still pulling visitors to Chonburi.
- - Fans Queue for Punch the Baby Macaque. France 24 films visitors lining up at a Japanese zoo to see Punch, a baby macaque who was rejected by his mother and raised by keepers. Clips of him clinging to a stuffed toy carried him from social media to the turnstiles.
- - Man Arrested in Moo Deng's Enclosure. NBC News reports the arrest of a man who climbed into the pygmy hippo enclosure at Khao Kheow Open Zoo while a keeper was away; the zoo said the animals were unharmed. The incident showed the security problems that follow an animal's viral fame.
- - Jimothy, the Raccoon Seattle Adopted. A Seattle raccoon named Jimothy, born with the congenital condition short spine syndrome, became a viral favourite in July 2026 after neighbourhood footage of him spread. Coverage noted that he forages alongside his mother and siblings.