The vehicle occupants were unharmed in the accident
in the northwest on a highway from Bogota to Medellin, police said. The hippopotamus died immediately afterward and was removed to be analyzed, environmental authorities said.
“This is one of the dangers that the presence of this species represents. Many of them cross the highway where many vehicles pass, it is also a danger to people,” said David Echeverri Lopez, a biologist at Cornare, the local environmental authority.Canadian fought cops in Australia during arrest for alleged drug smuggling plot: policeA group of them was brought in the 1980s to Hacienda Napoles, Escobar’s private zoo that became a tourist attraction after his death in 1993.
Native to Africa, hippos were declared invasive in Colombia last year, and environmental officials say their population of about 130 could rise to 400 in eight years. Most of the hippos live freely in rivers and reproduce without control. Colombia has proposed transferring at least 70 of the animals to India and Mexico to control their population. Scientists warn that the hippos’ feces change the composition of rivers and could impact the habitat of manatees and capybaras.
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