Decision Room 2024: Team Moo Deng or Team Haggis?

It’s the determination that each of America is warring implicit this week. Friendships are being lost, families are being torn apart, and the intelligence wellness of an full federation rests upon however you volition decide. The question, of course, is whether you’re Team Moo Deng oregon Team Haggis.

We kid. But conscionable erstwhile you thought Moo Deng was fading distant arsenic the internet’s favourite feisty meme, a caller adorable hippo has burst onto the scene. She’s called Haggis and tin beryllium recovered halfway astir the satellite from Moo Deng’s location successful Thailand.

Haggis was calved connected Oct. 30 to parents Otto and Gloria astatine the Edinburgh Zoo successful Scotland. And not lone has the zoo already stoked a rivalry connected societal media with a station throwing shade astatine Moo Deng, but the zoo has besides posted an apology for stoking said rivalry. It’s similar a low-stakes net contention speedrun.

The Edinburgh Zoo started each cocky, announcing the commencement of Haggis to the satellite with “Moo Deng? Who deng? Introducing… Haggis” and an emoji of the Scottish flag.

Moo Deng? Who deng? Introducing… Haggis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Otto and Gloria person welcomed an ADORABLE pygmy hippo calf! She is doing well, but we’ll beryllium keeping the hippo location closed for the clip being truthful that our adept keepers tin support a adjacent oculus connected mum and babe astatine this delicate clip 🦛💛 pic.twitter.com/ceGtARuzyR

— Edinburgh Zoo (@EdinburghZoo) November 4, 2024

Then came the zoo’s determination to retweet a gag astir Demi Moore’s movie, The Substance:

Moo Deng rn: https://t.co/xPW67tEv7O pic.twitter.com/Or06aAlxrr

— Lisa Vanderbump (@montague90) November 4, 2024

And then, inevitably, came the Notes-app apology tweet:

https://t.co/JUCSznt1WZ pic.twitter.com/G7Paud7Z9C

— Edinburgh Zoo (@EdinburghZoo) November 4, 2024

But conscionable successful lawsuit you thought the zoo was really sorry, societal media users got an denotation the apology was each done successful jest. Because the zoo followed things up with a retweet of a gag from the Simpsons, making it wide Moo Deng is aged quality if you truly emotion Haggis.

https://t.co/t9M7zHjZuR pic.twitter.com/P6ih33ZgFH

— samosasaurus 🦕🦖🍉 (@samosasaurus) November 4, 2024

Footage of Haggis has been posted to the YouTube leafage for STV News successful Scotland, giving viewers an up-close look astatine the brand-new pygmy hippo calf.

Haggis is conscionable a fewer days old, truthful she’s not hopping astir similar Moo Deng rather yet. Because if you cognize thing astir Moo Deng, you cognize she likes to leap and thrash her assemblage astir similar she’s tearing it up successful a mosh pit. The cutest small hippo mosh pit.

With the predetermination successful the U.S. tomorrow, you whitethorn beryllium asking yourself who each hippo mightiness ballot for, adjacent though neither tin really ballot arsenic they’re neither U.S. citizens nor quality beings. Well, we’ve inactive got you covered. Because Moo Deng and her ma were presented by the zookeepers astatine Khao Kheow Open Zoo successful Thailand, with 2 cakes—one barroom with the sanction Donald Trump and the different with Kamala Harris written connected the top. Moo Deng unluckily chose Trump, arsenic you tin spot successful the video below.

WATCH: Celebrity babe hippo Moo Deng predicts Trump volition triumph US predetermination based connected which barroom she eats

READ: https://t.co/J8wkF9goXS pic.twitter.com/1bYbjnnwI2

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) November 4, 2024

Who would Haggis take for president? Given the quality of their bitter and precise agelong rivalry of 5 days, we person to presume Haggis would take Harris. Haggis for Harris, arsenic it were.

So which 1 are you? Team Haggis oregon Team Moo Deng? We won’t effort to work thing governmental into your response.