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procon

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2. Tourists would probably book photo safaris to see

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 04:24 PM

Mar 2020

hippos without making a trip to Africa. Some enterprising entrepreneur will build a luxury field camp in the jungle, serve haute de cuisine meals prepared by guest celebrity chefs, and bring in colorful local entertainment.

Day excursions to get up close and personal with a couple of tons of hippo. Night camps high in the trees for a romantic tryst while the hippos grunt and snort below.

It's a potential goldmine.

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Pablo Escobar's Hippos Fill a Hole Left Since Ice Age Extinctions [View all] Zorro Mar 2020 OP

Finally, some good news about the ecosystems we seem to be fanatically dedicated Aristus Mar 2020 #1

Tourists would probably book photo safaris to see procon Mar 2020 #2

Donald Turd Jr would pay big bucks to murder one. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #3

He would indeed. procon Mar 2020 #6

Don't give me ideas! lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #7

Escobar had a private zoo, which is now an amusement park... Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #5

They are referring to a "keystone species" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #4

Here's a video story about the hippos.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #8

How can four hippos have enough genetic diversity to sustain a population without severe inbreeding? needledriver Mar 2020 #9