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Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

www.nytimes.com Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem.

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www.nytimes.com /2023/11/18/world/americas/colombia-hippos-pablo-escobar.html

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That's a job I would never volunteer for
- Depends how good they taste
  
  "Sterilize" doesn't mean "kill"
and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem.

That and they're incredibly dangerous. Hundreds of people are killed by hippos every year in Africa.
- yeah but how many in Columbia?
  
  I’d imagine 0 of the people killed by hippos in Africa were in Columbia at the time.
  
  Colombia != Columbia
  
  So far? I have no idea. If this problem isn't solved? Potentially many.
Sequel to Cocaine Bear?
- More like European rabbits in Australia.
- I'd watch that movie. If only Ray Liota could be in it... RIP
  
  How about, hear me out here, Al Pachino?

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