re: The time Louisiana tried to fill its swamps with Hippos....

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now they are out of control and screwing up the ecosystem?

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How hard us it to shoot a hippo

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Hippos

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Goofy looking, but full of rage

Rhino - terrifying appearance but docile (so I have heard...or is that herd?)

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I’ll bet elephants are around humans a lot more, skewing the results against them.

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One interesting fact regarding elephants is related to the fact that about 1/3 of those deaths happened on the Island of Sri Lanka where expanding populations put humans in conflict with elephants much more often.

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I'm more saddened by all your upvotes. You have a super computer in your pocket.

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While you are correct that they aren’t the most dangerous animal in the world they are extremely dangerous and territorial as anyone who has been on safari in Africa knows and would be a terrible thing to add to the bayous of S LA or the gulf coast.

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While you are correct that they aren’t the most dangerous animal in the world they are extremely dangerous and territorial as anyone who has been on safari in Africa knows and would be a terrible thing to add to the bayous of S LA or the gulf coast.

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I agree.

We used to swim in the Spillway. He gators keep their distance. You can even grab the little ones.
I had a pet gator until my parents made me get rid of it after it got bigger.
If you feed them they are pretty docile. I still would tape its mouth when i brought it places.
It only got to 4 feet so it was very young.

I bet they make fine gumbo!

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but mosquitos carry diseases that kill people, they technically aren’t the ones doing the “killing.”

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Here we go.
“Snakes carry venom that kill people, they technically aren’t the ones doing the killing”

That’s how you sound.
It’s not splitting hairs. It’s mosquitoes, and it’s not even close.