hippos

Outrage after woman caught throwing plastic bottle into hippo’s mouth during safari tour

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It’s not a game of Hungry Hippo: Outrage after woman caught throwing plastic bottle into animal’s mouth at a safari park in Indonesia A woman threw the plastic bottle out of her car during the safari in West Java Cyntia Atu, who was driving behind, alerted officials who rushed to the hippo The animal managed … Read more

Pablo Escobar may be helping save hippos from extinction

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Notorious drugs lord Pablo Escobar could be inadvertently helping save hippos from extinction, from beyond the grave. When the cocaine kingpin was shot dead in late 1993, four hippos he brought to his private estate in Colombia were left to roam. Since then, their numbers have grown to an estimated 80 to 100 and the … Read more