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Princess Turandot

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8. Here's a video story about the hippos..

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:05 PM

Mar 2020

Awhile back, they had consulted with some folks in Africa about their growing numbers of hippos. In Africa, the population is apparently reduced by annual droughts. In Colombia, they're in hippo paradise, year round. The African experts suggested killing some of them. The military managed to shoot one of them, then made the mistake of giving the newspapers a photo of the deceased hippo. The resulting uproar led to a federal judge issuing a permanent injunction against further culling.

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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