Yet, in Columbia hippos don’t kill people.
“Yet, in Columbia hippos don’t kill people.”
Hippos aren’t native to Columbia.
The 70 or so hippos currently outside of zoos in Columbia are there thanks to one Pablo Escobar’s obsession with showing off his wealth. In his heyday he imported four of them and built a nice paddock for them, complete with a lake.
Since Pablo assumed room temperature in 1993 his hippos escaped into the wild and now comprise a herd of 70. The Columbian government has declared them an invasive species and intends to terminate the herd.