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I recall something from 100+ years ago when they had a plan to import hippopotamus to louisiana, turn them loose to breed in the wild and market it as "lake cow
by walrus01 4y ago
I recall something from 100+ years ago when they had a plan to import hippopotamus to louisiana, turn them loose to breed in the wild and market it as "lake cow bacon".
https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/ https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/
Probably a good thing that there is not a population of thousands of feral hippopotamus going around.
- jandrese 4y agoGiven that hippos are notorious people killers I am glad this never happened.
- bigiain 4y ago> Probably a good thing that there is not a population of thousands of feral hippopotamus going around. You've heard of the "Cocaine Hippos", right? https://youtu.be/mz8J6lJkbFA https://youtu.be/mz8J6lJkbFA
- walrus01 4y agoyep, https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=pablo+escobar+hippos https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=pab...
- emmelaich 4y agoPablo Escobar's hippos are (were?) a pest in Colombia.
- thelibrarian 4y agoHere's a fun, short alt-history novel set in a world where that plan was actually implemented: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31445891-river-of-teeth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31445891-river-of-teeth
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoI like the idea. Worst case they are more harm than help to the environment and wind up catching hot lead because of it. Large herbivores don't have the same potential to accidentally spread unnoticed or evade apex predators (us) like carp do. It wouldn't be the first time we've eradicated a large herbivore from the continent and it probably won't be the last.