Colombia's best-known drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, may have been killed in 1993 but his influence continues to be felt in the country, sometimes in unexpected ways.

Hippopotamuses brought to Colombia as part of Escobar's private zoo at his ranch, Hacienda Napoles, have bred so successfully that there is serious concern over their environmental impact and human safety, according to a new study by researchers at Mexican and Colombian universities.

The hippos have spread out from their original home, some 100 miles east of the city of Medellin, in the Antioquia department, dispersing around the Magdalena river basin as their population continues to grow steadily.


More from Todd’s favored news network:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com...-scn/index.html

Damn, I wish we had something like that here, maybe giraffes or something...

Keith

They have spread as far as Olympia WA and PP's darkside..... I seen 'em.

There you go again... I warned you girls about the whacky weed earlier today, but it appears you've picked the crazy mushrooms instead!

Hippos will fvck you up.

No hippos, thank you.

Keep swinging for the fence, though.... you might want to work on your timing before you spin yourself into the ground.

You're just a little behind it.

Again.

Hell I believe they top out at 30mph running speed... Yeah, I'll pass. I'd rather play Frogger on the freeway.

Keith

Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal...monstrous and mean. Don't need any around here outside the zoo.

Fish on...

Todd