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A new take on Colombia’s cocaine hippos

Posted by boxer_dogs_dance
Tags: colombia, wildlife, hippopotamus, species.invasive, history, ecosystems, ecology, substack.ben goldsmith, author.ben goldsmith
https://bengoldsmith.substack.com/p/colombias-cocaine-hippos?triedRedirect=true

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    slade
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    I mostly read because I was curious what a cocaine hippo is. I'm relieved to learn that it has nothing to do with cocaine, but it does leave the title feeling baity to me.

    I mostly read because I was curious what a cocaine hippo is. I'm relieved to learn that it has nothing to do with cocaine, but it does leave the title feeling baity to me.

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      IsildursBane
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      I feel like the term cocaine hippo is not baity, but that was also because I previously knew that the hippos in Colombia were hippos that Escobar imported and then were released and multiplied...

      I feel like the term cocaine hippo is not baity, but that was also because I previously knew that the hippos in Colombia were hippos that Escobar imported and then were released and multiplied

      Edit: Fixed my misspelling of Colombia

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      1. Vito
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        Sorry for the correction, but the country is Colombia.

        Sorry for the correction, but the country is Colombia.

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    2. boxer_dogs_dance
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      It looks like the title cocaine hippos dates from at least 2013

      It looks like the title cocaine hippos dates from at least 2013

      7 votes