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After Pablo Escobar's Death, His Lavish Estate In Colombia Was Largely Abandoned, But His Small Herd Of Hippos Went Onto Thrive In The Country
The 7.7-square-mile property that he purchased ... However, the hippos were left on their own. They ended up thriving in Colombia, where they have no natural predators and don't experience any ...
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Hundreds of ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Terrorizing Colombia. This Biologist Has Agreed to Help Track Them Down
There are now around 200 of the hippos living in the Rio Magdalena and other Colombian waterways. Photo by Juancho Torres / Getty Images Forrest Galante has bad luck with hippos. He was nearly killed ...
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The Wild Story of What Happened to Pablo Escobar’s Hungry, Hungry Hippos
After Colombian police shot Escobar dead in December 1993, veterinarians removed the animals—except the hippos, which were deemed too dangerous to approach. The hippos fled to the nearby ...
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Mysterious cocaine hippos overrun Kansas political landscape | Opinion
No one asked for hippos to overrun Colombian rivers. But hippos frolic in the South American country anyway, thanks to the ...
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Invasive hippos may become a plague in Colombia by 2030
“This is an important step to advance in an immediate action plan, in order to address the situation generated by the presence of hippos in Colombia, which have caused impacts on our ecosystems ...