The three-ton mammal was hit Tuesday night along a Colombian highway just a few miles away from the infamous drug lord’s estate.
was struck and killed by a car in the middle of a Colombian highway.
Those four hippos, one male and three females, have now spread to about 150 horny, three-ton herbivores in the area as they have no natural predators and have often been seen blocking roadways. Video of the aftermath shows police and firefighters at the scene, with spectators also gathered around the poor hippo, who lies motionless in front of the wrecked car.
One of Pablo Escobar’s infamous hippos was struck and killed by a car on the Bogota-Medellin highway on April 11, 2023.The hippos were originally released to Escobar’s 7,000-acre Hacienda Napoles property, nestled between Medellin and Bogota along the Magdalena River, but have flourished and spread beyond the area.in a bid to keep their numbers down, but those that were not rendered infertile continued producing calves at an alarming rate.
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