unintended consequences

[George Jung]

That Pablo - what a hoot! Wonder if he even considered possible fall out?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colombias-cocaine-hippo-population-is-even-bigger-than-scientists-thought/

Colombia’s ‘Cocaine Hippo’ Population Is Even Bigger Than Scientists Thought

The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated

[Paul Pless]

Re: unintended consequences

i heard an interviewer through a translator on this a few days ago. . .



y luego lo engomó hasta la muerte

[L.W. Baxter]

Re: unintended consequences

that is not what i want my epitaph to read

here lies
the best of us
gummed to death
by hippopatumus

[gypsie]

Re: unintended consequences

Of all the animals that must be easy to cull surely a hippo.....


Out competing other animals... Competing... Hippo's?

I suppose if you shoot one, now you have 3tons of about to be rotting meat to deal with.

[Stiletto]

Re: unintended consequences

That brought up a schoolboy memory.
From Hilaire Belloc:

I shoot the hippopotamus
With bullets made of platinum,
Because if I use leaden ones
His hide is sure to flatten 'em.

[George.]

Re: unintended consequences

Of all the animals that must be easy to cull surely a hippo.....


Out competing other animals... Competing... Hippo's?

I suppose if you shoot one, now you have 3tons of about to be rotting meat to deal with.

For each one you fail to shoot today, you will have thousands to shoot tomorrow.

I can't believe they haven't dealt with these hippos yet.

[skuthorp]

Re: unintended consequences

Cue Shirley Temple…………….

[George Jung]

Re: unintended consequences

I don’t know how many of you read the entire article. Some of the “options “they suggested included, capturing the hippopotamus, individually, and sterilizing them, so that they could “live out their lives “. Another suggestion was to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, to shoot them with contraceptive darts. I did not know that Peta was so active in South America. Really stupid suggestions. Simply put, they really need to cull the entire herd.

[David W Pratt]

Re: unintended consequences

When I was young, we had a children's book "How to hide a hippopotamus"

[George Jung]

Re: unintended consequences

Let’s call that “Plan B “

[Ralphie Boy]

Re: unintended consequences

I don’t know how many of you read the entire article. Some of the “options “they suggested included, capturing the hippopotamus, individually, and sterilizing them, so that they could “live out their lives “. Another suggestion was to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, to shoot them with contraceptive darts. I did not know that Peta was so active in South America. Really stupid suggestions. Simply put, they really need to cull the entire herd.

I think most of those suggestions would violate the Hippocratic Oath.

[George Jung]

Re: unintended consequences

Erm.... no.

[sandtown]

Re: unintended consequences

Hippos are actually quite dangerous and notoriously feisty.

(Quoth Google) The hippopotamus is a very aggressive wild creature and is the deadliest large land mammal on the planet. It is estimated that hippo attacks kill 500 people each year in Africa. It is not only their size and weight that makes them dangerous, but also their very sharp teeth!

[Garret]

Re: unintended consequences

I think most of those suggestions would violate the Hippocratic Oath.

[George Jung]

Re: unintended consequences

not sure ol' ralphie included a smiley....

you know, 'intent'!