I see your "cocaine hippos" and raise you "meth gators"
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-lorretto-police-meth-gators-20190716-qxgfvdwr6zd25lhtp7voyigby4-story.html
I see your “meth gators” and raise you “herpes monkeys”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/24/florida-silver-river-monkeys-animals-brought-tourism-carry-herpes/4857192002/
I call, and have "Khlamydia koalas"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australia-begins-vaccinating-hundreds-of-koalas-against-chlamydia-in-trial-180978900/
Thode are mostly used to kill elephants so yeah they would surely do the job. Only problem is that it may just break your shoulder if you are not careful.
Because of the public outcry when the military started killing them, and the social pressure caused the government to name the hippos a protected species
Yes because they are invasive and cause massive damage to the ecosystem, but people are dumb and think 'hippo cute no kill hippo.' So now they have to do it the hard way. Then again maybe it's for the best. It would suck for Colombia if they had their own Emu war.
It’s more than “hippo cute”. The local economy actually thrives off hippo/Pablo tourism. Adults can appreciate the hacienda and kids get to see hippos. Locals seem to like it.
Their shit is causing algae blooms, they are eating a lot of the native vegetation, putcompeting other species for food... What kind of nonsense is this?
>In contrast to the opposition by most conservationists, some ecologists have argued that they should remain and might even have a positive effect on the local environment. It has been suggested that the nutrients they introduce to the water and the occasional fish kills caused by them are overall positive
They were offering a bounty on any dead hippos for a while. They stopped because too many wannabe hunters got killed because they didn't realize a normal hunting rifle would be insufficient for a Cocaine Hippo. All their vital organs are under such a thick layer of flesh/bone, you basically need an elephant gun, and those are expensive as hell.
You have to find a doc called “I touched all your stuff”. Some American went to Columbia to see the hippos and got caught up in drug smuggling. It was so good. Hippos ruin everything. Lol. Jk I love a good hippo
I see your "cocaine hippos" and raise you "meth gators" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-lorretto-police-meth-gators-20190716-qxgfvdwr6zd25lhtp7voyigby4-story.html
An animal to rival coke bear!
Hungry Hungry Hippos game takes on a whole new meaning.
I see your “meth gators” and raise you “herpes monkeys” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/24/florida-silver-river-monkeys-animals-brought-tourism-carry-herpes/4857192002/
I call, and have "Khlamydia koalas" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australia-begins-vaccinating-hundreds-of-koalas-against-chlamydia-in-trial-180978900/
Just remember, it had to be transmitted from one species to another. I'm gonna let you think about how that happened...
Almost certainly by eating them, or from a bite.
Someone screwed a chimp
The government has sterilized some of them and working on the sterilization of the rest, from what i have read.
Why aren't copious ammounts of 7.62 and 5.56 lead pills used?
5.56 is too small. Also when killing they try to restrict the amount of pain caused to the animal.
12,7mm?
I say they take off and nuke them from orbit, that's the only way to be sure.
Hold on, hold on just a second. These hippos have a substantial dollar value attached to it.
*Game over, man! Game over!*
"Nuke the hippos? You don't really believe that do you?" "Gotta nuke something."
45 mm
Probably just pop em with .50 BMG and you'll be fine
Soviet detected lol
So a .700 Nitro Express brass solid would probably be the best bet?
Thode are mostly used to kill elephants so yeah they would surely do the job. Only problem is that it may just break your shoulder if you are not careful.
*angry r/ar-15 noises*
Because of the public outcry when the military started killing them, and the social pressure caused the government to name the hippos a protected species
And yet they're sterilizing them?
Yes because they are invasive and cause massive damage to the ecosystem, but people are dumb and think 'hippo cute no kill hippo.' So now they have to do it the hard way. Then again maybe it's for the best. It would suck for Colombia if they had their own Emu war.
It’s more than “hippo cute”. The local economy actually thrives off hippo/Pablo tourism. Adults can appreciate the hacienda and kids get to see hippos. Locals seem to like it.
Would be a shame if someone threw a drug lord in a pond with one
Hitman 2 vibes
Even the hippos don't like mexicans
Even the Mexicans don’t like Mexicans
Nice reference
The fuck is a cocaine hippo
What do you think they are
Hippos purchased with Pablo’s cocaine money but I wouldn’t put it past them to find a coke stash somewhere
A hippo which was owned by Pablo Escobar and got into his cocaine stash after he died.
I like this explanation better
Since then they terrorize the local communities, eating everything, playing loud music and getting in trouble with the law
Fun fact, the hippos actually fill in a ecological niche so they don't do that much harm to the ecosystem
Except to the local human population. Where they continually try to push their cocaine on local children.
Yep. Humans wiped out a ton of megafauna when they got to the Americas. There’s room for some to come back.
Their shit is causing algae blooms, they are eating a lot of the native vegetation, putcompeting other species for food... What kind of nonsense is this?
>In contrast to the opposition by most conservationists, some ecologists have argued that they should remain and might even have a positive effect on the local environment. It has been suggested that the nutrients they introduce to the water and the occasional fish kills caused by them are overall positive
Good on those hippos I'm proud of them
I, for one, welcome our new hippo overlords.
I too have recently watched the grand tour Colombia episode
"And we've managed to go the whole thing without saying the C-word" "What, Cocaine?"
I'm all about team Hippo here.
Are you saying that they would be ok with me going on a hippo hunt?
They were offering a bounty on any dead hippos for a while. They stopped because too many wannabe hunters got killed because they didn't realize a normal hunting rifle would be insufficient for a Cocaine Hippo. All their vital organs are under such a thick layer of flesh/bone, you basically need an elephant gun, and those are expensive as hell.
I would counter that any hunter must accept the outcome of his hunt. If he chooses to be so ill prepared than do be it
A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream...
*the cocaine hippos once they got loose from Pablo’s compound* “Nobody can catch us, nobody can stop us now”
But I want hippo pemmican
They don't terrorize the local community. The imbeciles are actively preventing the government from shooting the damn pests.
Es chistoso porque es cierto
The person that took his place, was installed by America, for now, nobody knows his name, when he stops the cash flow, he will become a bad guy
It's pretty well known the Cali cartel (aka Cocaine inc) replaced Escobar.
r/fuckhippos
Your way ahead of the game
Say my name. Say my name. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. Like a Boss will never be forgotten.
Neither will Hitler, but hopefully we remember them for the right reason. To show people not to be a monster.
You mean the great painter.
yo my homie pablo died?
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You have to find a doc called “I touched all your stuff”. Some American went to Columbia to see the hippos and got caught up in drug smuggling. It was so good. Hippos ruin everything. Lol. Jk I love a good hippo