Colombia: Escobar's hippos have multiplied

Wild hippos are thriving in Colombia, and they're one of Pablo Escobar's legacies.

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00:00It's like we're in Africa.

00:02It's something that few people have the privilege of.

01:00They're not aggressive at all.

01:25They come and walk around.

01:28And in the morning they go back to their habitat.

01:31But I don't throw anything at anyone,

01:33after I don't let them do it.

01:51Another problem we have identified

01:54is that possibly they are displacing the native fauna.

01:59Among them, the manatee stands out,

02:02which is a species that is in critical danger of extinction,

02:04a native species.

02:06And therefore, it would be generating a problem

02:09for Colombian biodiversity.

02:11We saw the castration as one of the options

02:23to start controlling the population.

02:28However, the castration of these individuals is not easy,

02:32for many factors, among others,

02:34because of how expensive it is to carry out this activity

02:37in these species.