Notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, is leaving a mark nobody could predict almost 30 years after his death. His "cocaine hippos", which were illegally imported into Colombia in the late 1980s, are breeding like mad and becoming a menace, scientists have warned.Escobar was shot dead in 1993 and the Colombian government took control of his extravagant estate, including his personal zoo, writes The Telegraph.
Most of the animals were shipped away, but four hippos escaped after being left to fend for themselves in a pond. Now there are dozens of them living in the wild, and although nobody knows exactly how many, estimates put the total number between 80 and 100.If estimates are true, it'd make them the largest invasive species on the.
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