In Africa, hippos cause more human deaths than any other large animal. So far, there are no known attacks in Colombia. The majority of the hippos still live inside Escobar's former estate, which was turned into a theme park in 2007, but the issue is that they can't keep them ...
When cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, the four hippos he brought to his private zoo in Colombia were left behind in a pond on his ranch. Since then, their numbers have grown to an estimated 80-100, and the giant herbivores have made their way into the country...
Most were terrestrial, but some – like hippos and crocs – spent much of their time in water. Our accommodations in Lebala Camp in northern Botswana. A sausage tree (scientific name unknown to me) looms above the “tent”. Fruits crashed on our roof, summoning hungry hippos to vis...