With no natural predators around and a massive river — the Magdalena — at their disposal, the amphibious mammals continue to thrive and expand in Colombia. (To be clear, these hippos are not addicted ...
Currently, about 170 hippos roam northwest Colombia. These hippos are the descendants of Escobar's original herd of "cocaine hippos." The country has declared the hippos an invasive species ...
Each year lawmakers wade through scads of proposals introduced by out-of-state think takes or touted by conservative ...
Pablo Escobar's 'Cocaine Hippos' Become First Animals in U.S ... Four hippos were originally brought to Colombia in the 1980s and were part of Escobar’s private zoo, Hacienda Nápoles ...
Photo: AFP via Getty Images. Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" must be slaughtered to stop them from ruining Colombia's natural habitat, scientists have claimed. According to the Telegraph ...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix’s comedy Cocaine Hippos “will ... local drug lords and the deadly hippos that Escobar smuggled into Colombia back in the ’80s.” ...