Pablo Escobar's hippos have to be sterilized.

I heard about this in a doc about Escobar

Hippos are deadly, aggressive behomoths as well as being bad for the local flora

I've heard they are far deadlier than almost any African animal as well!
They look so cute, but NO petting and snuggles☠️

Hippos are probably my favorite zoo animal. I just love them, but yes they can be very dangerous. They have no natural predators in Columbia and water aplenty to thrive in. (The African dry season/droughts can check their population.)

They have become a local attraction and many people don't want them killed. Sterilization is an answer but will prove difficult. I hope they are successful at that rather than killing them.

I love Fiona the Hippo.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fiona+the+hippo

Thank you, this is one of the weirdest stories of the last decade and I'm always happy for an update.

Yeah, now that it's comparatively safe to visit Columbia the tourists are flocking there, and the tourists want to see the hippos in the wild.

Fun Fact:

Hippos can sleep submerged and come up for air without waking up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCcOL56FWks

Can't they just cull and feed them to the lions or tigers in the zoo if they're endangering the environment? Animals eat other animals all the time, it's natural. And carnivorous zoo animals need to be fed meat anyway.

Sterilizing hippos is the one that's unnatural.