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Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar (apnews.com)
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

BOOOOOOO

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They're invasive and destructive.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

I bet they're hungry, hungry

[–] FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

HOLY SHIT, A GHOST!

[–] cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it took like 40 years to decide to deal with an invasive animal population

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

It was always going to be a pain in the ass, and likely an expensive one. Took 40 years to make clear that leaving them alone would be worse.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago

Begun this hippo war has

[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I read this as roaming hippies and was super confused.