The one time I saw it for sale I didn't have the extra cash to buy it. It was a deep purple and looked like horse to me and do enjoy that. None of the pictures online look like what I saw though. The closest pictures Im seeing to what I saw then looked more similar to what you will find if you search for whale meat. When looking I found that hippos are now said to be related to whales so maybe there is a similarity there. That's supposed to be quite good too.
Maybe the people of Louisiana could revisit this for us?
Hippo Meat Nearly Became An American Food Staple