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Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Created an Ecological Crisis in Colombia

In the late '80s, infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar illegally imported a group of hippos for his personal zoo. Today, these hippos are wreaking havoc and are protected by the government.

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