One Of Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Hippos Killed In Highway Collision In Colombia

var label_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527 = "ctx-wait-64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527"; var defer_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527 = document.currentScript; console.time(label_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage && defer_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527 && defer_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527.parentElement.dataset.ready === "true", () => { console.timeEnd(label_64371e8ae4b0ed74f2a04527); A hippo swims in the Magdalena river in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)via Associated PressThe vehicle occupants were unharmed in the accident in the northwest on a highway from Bogotá to Medellín, police said. The hippopotamus died immediately afterward and was removed to be analyzed, environmental authorities said.“This is one of the dangers that the presence of this species represents. Many of them cross the highway where many vehicles pass, it is also a danger to people,” said David Echeverri López, a biologist at Cornare, the local environmental authority.“Hippos are unpredictable, at any moment they can attack a person,” he added.A group of them was brought in the 1980s to Hacienda Nápoles, Escobar’s private zoo that became a tourist attraction after his death in 1993. Residents of nearby Puerto Triunfo have become used to hippos sometimes roaming freely about the town

Native to Africa, hippos were declared invasive in Colombia last year, and environmental officials say their population of about 130 could rise to 400 in eight years. Most of the hippos live freely in rivers and reproduce without control.Colombia has proposed transferring at least 70 of the animals to India and Mexico to control their population. Scientists warn that the hippos’ feces change the composition of rivers and could impact the habitat of manatees and capybaras.RelatedAnimalsNaturehipposTeacher's Pest: NYC Hires Former Educator To Slaughter Rats‘Mystery Animal’ Caught On Camera In Texas Park Ignites Debate On Social MediaPablo Escobar's Invasive 'Cocaine Hippos' To Be Relocated To Continents Around The World



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