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re: "What should we do with Pablo Escobar's hippos?"
Posted on 10/17/14 at 7:39 pm to White Roach
Posted on 10/17/14 at 7:39 pm to White Roach
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Pablo had 3 or 4. Now there's like 30 of them. Perfect habitat and no predators, they've expanded their range up and down the river over the past 20 years.
The documentary I saw said there were now close to 100 of them, that the females are reaching sexual maturity much earlier than normal and that they give birth more frequently.
Motherfrickers are going to take over South America.
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 7:42 pm to stout
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He was viewed as a Robin Hood in Columbia because he gave a lot back by building housing, schools, soccer fields, etc that he gave to the locals.
Very true, stout. The locals loved the guy. As did the Columbian government. He made them a ton of money. Most of it on the downlow. But the CIA funded many of his operations. Our government is not squeaky clean in this story by any means.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 7:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
Aren't hippo horns worth a shitload in Asia?
Seems like there was an episode of Vice (HBO) about how hippos were being poached and brutally slaughtered specifically for their horns. Apparently their horns are the Viagra of Vietnam. Their horns are worth their weight in gold, literally.
Edit: Nevermind, that's Rhinos. Which, I'm fairly certain, a Rhino is basically a hippo crossed with a unicorn.
Seems like there was an episode of Vice (HBO) about how hippos were being poached and brutally slaughtered specifically for their horns. Apparently their horns are the Viagra of Vietnam. Their horns are worth their weight in gold, literally.
Edit: Nevermind, that's Rhinos. Which, I'm fairly certain, a Rhino is basically a hippo crossed with a unicorn.
This post was edited on 10/17/14 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:06 pm to Boats n Hose
Why not just leave them the frick alone? We live just fine with random dangerous wild animals. I'm sure they can manage.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:08 pm to stout
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His accountant said that they spent $2500 a month just to purchase rubber bands to wrap around the cash.
Not sure I'm buying that one.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:10 pm to h0bnail
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Not sure I'm buying that one.
They made half a million per day off of their exports to the USA alone. It's not that hard to believe.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:10 pm to h0bnail
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Not sure I'm buying that one.
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$25 Billion in cash. Not stocks and net worth...cash! Nuts
Believe it. He was larger than life.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:10 pm to ocelot4ark
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Why not just leave them the frick alone? We live just fine with random dangerous wild animals. I'm sure they can manage.
You mean like wild hogs or any other invasive species?
Nope, nothing that could go wrong with leaving tons of dangerous animals with no natural predators unchecked.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:11 pm to fr33manator
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nothing that could go wrong with leaving tons of dangerous animals with no natural predators unchecked.
Just release some lions, tigers, and cheetahs in Columbia. Problem solved.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:16 pm to SlowFlowPro
weren't they getting endangered?
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:24 pm to stout
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Just release some lions, tigers, and cheetahs in Columbia. Problem solved.
hippos are HNICs though. nothing fricks with hippos in the wild that i know of
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
I have a good friend from Colombia. He was telling me the school he went to was built by Escobar and how Escobar would bring all the kids new clothes, shoes, toys and bikes every year. Additionally, Colombia was much safer when Escobar ran shite. No fighting over anything because Escobar controlled it all. After Escobar's death things got much worse with everyone fighting for control.....
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:38 pm to Titus Pullo
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Aren't hippo horns worth a shitload in Asia? Seems like there was an episode of Vice (HBO) about how hippos were being poached and brutally slaughtered specifically for their horns. Apparently their horns are the Viagra of Vietnam. Their horns are worth their weight in gold, literally.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:39 pm to stout
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His accountant said that they spent $2500 a month just to purchase rubber bands to wrap around the cash.
The most OT baller thing I have ever heard.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
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hippos are HNICs though. nothing fricks with hippos in the wild that i know of
Yea but wouldn't it be fun having some wild big cats eating the locals?
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:43 pm to LSUfonte
Los pepes and Pablo were killing and maiming each other at unbelievable rates. Pablo was setting bombs off all over the place. Nothing was safe in Bogota. Medillin and some other strong holds were safer but Pablo flipped the switch when he thought the Colombian government began working with the US to stop his operations.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:45 pm to Linkovich
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Los pepes and Pablo were killing and maiming each other at unbelievable rates. Pablo was setting bombs off all over the place. Nothing was safe in Bogota. Medillin and some other strong holds were safer but Pablo flipped the switch when he thought the Colombian government began working with the US to stop his operations.
Upvote, motherfricker.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:45 pm to Linkovich
I guess I should have put the part of Colombia he lived in. I am not sure the exact city, I will have to ask him...
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:49 pm to stout
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Yea but wouldn't it be fun having some wild big cats eating the locals?
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:50 pm to LSUfonte
If he went to a school that Pablo built, it was probably close to Medellin, Pablo's home town. He built high end homes for the equivalent of section 8 housing. He knew how to take care of his own. He also knew that if he had the minds of the people they wouldn't turn him in and it would be tougher for the government to stop him. His paranoia and bombing was his downfall.
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