Reading many Japanese comments regarding Mooden questions me how Japanese named their pets because it seems like you guys really surprised (in a good way) with her name and wonder why Thai named their pets after a dish/food. It's pretty common in TH. Even some people named after the dish and they don't get angry at all. Mooden has big brother named Moontoon (braised pork) I once had a dog named Kaitoon (think of your chawanmushi. Almost 100% the same) A famous YT channel regarding dogs and animal Gluta Story has a dog named ลูกชิ้น Lukchin (dango in your language) eg. ถ้าลูกชิ้นเป็นลูกคนเดียว Copy and search on YT if intrerested. The vid (and many from their channel) has Eng sub. Sorry if any typo. i do them all the time. Have a good day sir/ms.
PLEASE READ IF YOU LOVE HIPPOS: do not forget that in El Salvador our precious Hippo was not only killed but tortured brutally by some people inside politics, no one ever investigated that and to the date there is no response from the gov. Hippos are beautiful and amazing creatures that deserve peace. REST IN PEACE GUSTAVITO and thank you for making thousands of salvadorean kids smile.