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War on Hippo's
Newsweek ^
| Nov 03, 2023
| Aristos Georgiou
Posted on 11/06/2023 10:42:58 AM PST by BigFreakinToad
The Colombian government has announced a raft of measures to control its growing population of invasive hippos—descendants of animals introduced to the country by the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Hippos are native to Africa, but in the 1980s, Escobar smuggled four of the animals into Colombia, keeping them at his luxurious country estate, Hacienda Nápoles, in the municipality of Puerto Triunfo—located east of Medellin—which featured a private zoo. As well as the hippos, the zoo housed numerous exotic creatures, including elephants, ostriches, rhinos, giraffes and zebras. Following the death of Escobar, who was killed by Colombian police during a shootout in 1993, the government seized Hacienda Nápoles and most of the animals were donated to local or international zoos.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: africa; bigfreakintard; colombia; elephants; giraffes; haciendanapoles; hippo; hippos; hippotami; hippotamus; medellin; ostriches; pablo; pabloescobar; puertotriunfo; rhinos; river; zebras
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To: PLMerite
Proving that people like farts.
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posted on
11/06/2023 12:30:57 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: bwest
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posted on
11/06/2023 12:50:17 PM PST
by
Does so
( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
To: gnarledmaw
Hippo
The other Bacon.....
To: gnarledmaw
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posted on
11/06/2023 1:17:53 PM PST
by
Phoenix8
To: gnarledmaw
65
posted on
11/06/2023 1:21:00 PM PST
by
Phoenix8
To: bert
Did you write that, Bert? It’s so funny.
To: BigFreakinToad
Gotta give a shout-out to Henrietta Hippo from New Zoo Review:
She's the one on the left.
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posted on
11/06/2023 1:43:07 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
Well Ik assumed the one on the right was That Girl. Or Gidget. Something like that.
68
posted on
11/06/2023 1:45:51 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: Sirius Lee
Emmy Jo, one of the human hosts of the show.
69
posted on
11/06/2023 2:09:17 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
I can’t take my eyes off the one on the right..
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:15:23 PM PST
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: BigFreakinToad
She’s why I (a teenager at the time) watched it. Her birthday is next week, she’ll be 79.
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:28:29 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: PLMerite
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:31:46 PM PST
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: PLMerite
73
posted on
11/06/2023 2:31:52 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: BigFreakinToad
in the 1980s, Escobar smuggled four of the animals into Colombia
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How does one smuggle hippos? You can’t exactly hide them in your luggage.
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:33:34 PM PST
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Graybeard58
(There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:41:21 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I should know better than to fat shame Krispie Kreme, ah well.)
To: Graybeard58
“How does one smuggle hippos? You can’t exactly hide them in your luggage.”
When you have billions of dollars and a reputation as a bloodthirsty killer, you can get things done.
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posted on
11/06/2023 2:50:04 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: BigFreakinToad
"War on Hippo's" The plural of "hippo" doesn't take an apostrophe.
To: PLMerite
Emily “Emmy Jo” Peden: last in the show’s credits. First in my heart!
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posted on
11/06/2023 4:09:40 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: wildcard_redneck
Not a bad idea. They live in water and are very family oriented, but are vegetarians and the pythons would not be eaten.
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posted on
11/06/2023 4:41:47 PM PST
by
Veto!
(FJB Sucks Rocks)
To: Paal Gulli
The plural of “hippo” doesn’t take an apostrophe.
Of course you’re correct Paul but you’re pi$$ing against the wind if you believe that “journalists” will ever learn anything.
I don’t give FReepers a hard time when they err that way, heaven knows I make plenty of errors of my own but “professional” writers should know better.
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posted on
11/06/2023 4:45:22 PM PST
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Graybeard58
(There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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