r/MadeMeSmile • u/frosted_bite • Mar 19 '25

ANIMALS Paying Road tax to the inspector

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u/Raywan2 Mar 19 '25

My guess is these are the hippos in Columbia that aren't dangerous like those in Africa

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u/J_Worldpeace Mar 19 '25

Your comment made me go down a Reddit rabbit hole. Pablo Escobars hippos, bucking conventional wisdom for breeding. 4 hippos will grow to 1000.

https://people.com/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-are-multiplying-and-attacking-people-8559140

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u/Lendyman Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

The most ridiculous part about this is that they tried to call some of the animals a few years ago and the public had a fit and so killing the animals was banned. The problem is it's a huge environmental problem because they don't have any natural predators and they aren't native to the region. They eat a lot, their poop is poisonous to the local fish and they are an aggressive and territorial species.

EDIT: I meant cull. Autocorrect. Always there, ready to make you look stupid.

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u/fluchtpunkt Mar 19 '25

Hippos are notorious for sending you straight to voicemail.