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Burmese pythons in Florida
- ChuckMcM 12y agoThis is a pretty severe ecological disaster in Florida so far. They have wiped out the mid-tier mammals (raccoons, bobcats, etc) where ever they have spread. It remains to be seen the impact on other parts of the ecosystem there.
- quotha 12y agoCobra effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
- sampo 12y agoThere is an estimated 50–60 hippos in Colombia. A drug lord had some hippos in his private zoo, which police raided some time in the 1990s, and the hippos were released into the wild. They are apparently doing well in the lakes and forests in that area of Colombia. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27905743 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27905743