The polls put the US election on a knife-edge, but as Americans go to vote, Thailand's superstar baby hippo Moo Deng has predicted former president Donald Trump will regain the White House.

As excitement builds around the U.S. presidential elections, a baby pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng from Thailand has captured attention as an unexpected predictor.

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball."