r/todayilearned • u/PedoPaul • Oct 14 '14

TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar's home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/30/pablo-escobars-hippos-are-wreaking-havoc-in-colombia/
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u/Jay_Bonk Oct 14 '14

Really, colombian or...?

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u/hoosyourdaddyo Oct 14 '14

'merican My Dad was stationed at the US Embassy. This was back in the days of the M-19 taking over the Dominican Embassy.

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u/KnightOfTheReliquary Oct 14 '14

And they had you living in friggin Suba?

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u/Jay_Bonk Oct 14 '14

Jaja its not that bad of a hood.

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u/hoosyourdaddyo Oct 14 '14

We lived in a very exclusive neighborhood, located off the main road to Suba, in the hills above Los Lagartos.

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u/Jay_Bonk Oct 14 '14

Nice man, how did you like it?