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.

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.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    ‘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.

    • stevedidWHAT
      4•1 year ago

      I love this idea lmao.

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

      It just works

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        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?

        • stevedidWHAT
          3•1 year ago

          In before the movie director sees this and does it.

          If you’re reading this, give us lowly plebs a shout 🥺