Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/americas/colombia-hippos-pablo-escobar.html?unlocked_article_code=1._Uw.4H73.v8qbmy-sOmQc

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crypticthree@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's a job I would never volunteer for

bullant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Depends how good they taste

ech@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"Sterilize" doesn't mean "kill"

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

He knew what he said

chocoboi@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Sequel to Cocaine Bear?

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

More like European rabbits in Australia.

restingboredface@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'd watch that movie. If only Ray Liota could be in it... RIP

Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

How about, hear me out here, Al Pachino?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (4 replies)

and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem.

That and they're incredibly dangerous. Hundreds of people are killed by hippos every year in Africa.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

yeah but how many in Columbia?

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y

I’d imagine 0 of the people killed by hippos in Africa were in Columbia at the time.

Perroboc@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Colombia != Columbia

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

So far? I have no idea. If this problem isn't solved? Potentially many.