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Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

www.nytimes.com /2023/11/18/world/americas/colombia-hippos-pablo-escobar.html
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When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to zoos.

But not his four hippopotamuses. They thrived. Perhaps a little too well.

Officials estimate that about 170 hippos, descended from Mr. Escobar’s original herd, now roam Colombia, and the population could grow to 1,000 by 2035, posing a serious threat to the country’s ecosystem.

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  • ‘Cocaine Hippos’

    There's a film in that. After all hippos are more dangerous than bears.

    Perhaps a mash-up: Cocaine Hippos on a Plane. The Asylum can send me a $3.50 fee now.

    • I love this idea lmao.

      • cocaine kangaroo
      • cocaine mosquito swarm
      • cocaine geese
      • cocaine Apache helicopter

      It just works

      • You could build up to some kind of Avengers team-up: Cocaine Zoo. That'll be another $3.50 please Asylum.

        I mean, we currently have:

        • Cocaine Bear
        • Cocaine Shark
        • Cocaine Cougar
        • Cocaine Crabs From Outer Space

        As well as:

        • Methgator
        • Crackcoon
        • Crackodile
        • Cracksquatch

        So... Drug Zoo? Huffing Zoo?

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