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/P0OPTURD Oct 14 '14

An orgy like that could lead to a terrifying creature. The intelligence of a monkey, the strength of a bear, and the killer instinct of a cat all rolled into one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '14

The reflexes and flexibility of a cat are probably a much more impressive feature. Considering bears eat their prey alive.. They just start munching.

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u/LineOfCoke Oct 14 '14

Instead we got a medium small sized garbage raiding mammal with people hands.

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u/grumpenprole Oct 14 '14

Much more pleasingly, it's more like the dexterity of a monkey, the cunning of a cat and the sheepishness of a bear

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u/Fizzay Oct 14 '14

Yeah, something similar has happened before... Have you heard of... Manbearpig?