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Seventy of Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are FINALLY being moved to zoos in India and Mexico
2023-03-03
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The Colombian government will transfer 70 of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses to a zoo in Mexico and another in India

  • The Medellín Cartel kingpin purchased four hippos - including three females - in the 1980s for his own zoo at his estate, Hacienda Napoles

  • The hippo population has grown to around 150, posing a threat to residents and the ecosystem in the central northwestern department of Antioquia
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Posted by:Fred

#4  Drive the herd into Venezuela instead and provide some seasoning.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-03 23:05  

#3  I'm having an awesome time imagining that movie.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-03 17:03  

#2  Won't someone think of the hippos!
Posted by: Angstrom   2023-03-03 16:17  

#1  "Cocaine Hippos" is an even better movie idea than "Cocaine Bear". If you have some hippos or a lot of cocaine, have your people call my people.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-03-03 09:07  

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