Pablo Escobar's hippos keep multiplying and Colombia doesn't know how to stop it

For more than 25 years, Colombia has been working to leave behind the violent legacy of Pablo Escobar. But there's one unusual problem that keeps growing: the notorious drug lord's pet hippos. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
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[@domodepiano]

I swear it cannot just be Colombia, I spotted a few of these at my local Walmart this weekend

[@arizonatea3734]

Hopefully one of those look a like hippos weren't your wife

[@buentaste]

Lol in key mart 2

[@smiley961]

Haha got eeemm

[@kittykay088]

And here I was thinking I was incognito 😱😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@celieboo]

😂😂😂

[@sh0werp0wer]

"GO BACK TO AFRICA" "Bruh, I was born here"

[@MADDSONN]

Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredriksen 😭

[@unclelou7701]

That’s rac...oh you’re talking about the hippos.

[@ejannew9924]

same word immigrants use to defend themself at my country.

[@Neverdyingpride]

and every other european on american continent belongs in europe

[@thatguy5844]

Naranbaatar Any Asian living outside of Asia belongs only in Asia.

[@Sauc3_d]

One day he said "bring me 4 kilos" and his assistant was high and heard "bring me 4 hippos"

[@radiantrenee406]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@louisdeangelis2535]

Daum funny!

[@rohanclarke4036]

😅🤣😂🤣

[@ertatic3973]

LmaOooo

[@brad7566]

Underrated comment

[@pteranodon6612]

Zoologist in the year 10,000: Hmm, these hippos must've drifted here from Africa on rafts of vegetation.

[@fromthefountofyouth]

They will reconsider their hypothesis though once 'videologists' get access to this video on KZbin's hard drive, buried among all other things in what used to be Google's campus.

[@polarvortex3294]

@@fromthefountofyouth Only if this video survives the left's ever-evolving cancel culture.

[@macdeep8523]

You made my day ... Drifted from Africa ....haaa in 9057 AD explorer finding

[@elianderson3450]

@@polarvortex3294 Awww somebody doesn’t like the free market at work :(

[@polarvortex3294]

@@elianderson3450 Apparently you are learning, as Escobar came to know, that if you have the right kind of mind-set it can be fun to watch your enemies twist and squirm. But with regard to big-tech censorship, it's worth noting that we are ALL losing access to knowledge, and so in part the joke is on you.

[@lostgio9368]

man was so rich, he bought a new ecosystem 😂

[@nwoshorty4909]

Danm that's crazy.

[@MikeSmith-do5gu]

Yep

[@101intellectual]

oooo, excellent point.

[@gunna3679]

He made a new one

[@ryangraham71]

Not really lol maybe affected it tho

[@jesushernandez6140]

Damn even after death Pablo is still affecting people's lives

[@markangelolamaan289]

Coz the influence is still there even if hes already dead.

[@lilressie02shlatt61]

mark angelo mark angelo that’s literally what he just said...

[@asaacer6698]

He ain't dead he chillin with Tupac in Cuba

[@bigsmoke9339]

@@asaacer6698 where tf did this tupac chilling in cuba came from

[@jesushernandez6140]

@Roberts Black make me

[@elias8294]

They "forgot" the hippos... More like they were too afraid to even go near them 😂

[@weirdhuh8046]

@GaryTheMailman not more than human lol

[@bettermetal8306]

@@weirdhuh8046 Nothings scarier than a hippo charging at you full speed

[@weirdhuh8046]

@@bettermetal8306 ahh i ment it more like a psychological way lol

[@weirdhuh8046]

@@bettermetal8306 well explaining it to you will be a bit useless so.. nvm

[@sherrybeelerbrigham5411]

The People want them there

[@emperorpalpatine2531]

Imagine turning the home of the most feared drug lord into a water park

[@vincentanguoni8938]

That's entrepreneurship!!!!!

[@laurameowmeow8003]

As a Colombian myself, that's the most colombian thing there is

[@traplivesmatter1462]

@@laurameowmeow8003 Naaa the Carnival in Barranquilla where the finest women come is where it's at lol

[@ruttolomeo1987]

Pablo Escobar was also using a small island between Florida and the Caribbean’s islands as a satellite base to smuggle drugs into the US. After his arrest, The Walt Disney Company rented it out from the Caribbean government for 100 years (till 2099) and now it’s called “Castaway Cay” and Disney Cruise Line brings its guests there to enjoy the beach. It still shows the original runway for Pablos airplanes.

[@disunityholychaos7523]

@@ruttolomeo1987 TIL nice to know!

[@danlucas213]

There’s no harder flex than feeding your enemies to hippos

[@phamilyx4494]

I am sorry but I can’t like the comment. It’s at 69.

[@BostonsF1nest]

Hippos don’t like Mexicans either

[@user-kv3ut1rj2k]

Dan Lucas hippo’s don’t eat meat

[@masterpopeyoda3290]

Hippos don't eat meat, unless they are starving, but these hippos, are like one of the natives said, living in paradise. No predators, no competition, endless supply of food.

[@Larrysboat]

miller townsend yeah but they are very protective about their turf

[@dunkboyxd6618]

Motto Motto must be Stopped

[@ilyjcam]

He keeps breeding cause he likes them thick he like them chunky lol 😆

[@stueymurphy5073]

😂😂😂

[@bobbypitcher2677]

Motto motto. Nsme so nice you say it twice

[@ovalleviolin]

*moto

[@mishogordeziani6280]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bluecat6902]

Hippo: "They stop making drugs, i start making love"

[@AngryPotato2010]

probably has billions of dollars under that lake, hippos are his guardians 😅

[@angeltomlinson2635]

You’re onto something

[@kieranosborne619]

Yes i agree

[@itzrcket2615]

🤑🤑🤑🤑 chi ching

[@steven-py9cy]

Don't you mean had?

[@orcaman17yt]

20000 IQ

[@AdonisKeef]

Pablo Escobar could have saved all the endangered species lmao

[@jendeh1000]

According to Forbes magazine he was very wealthy. At least the Hippo's will be here longer than we are.

[@superknightlol]

the hippos are are threatening other native species SA

[@TheLegitAlpha]

Ironic really.

[@LuisdPiero]

Omg I’m the 1100 like

[@MikhaelAhava]

Lol.

[@gordonramsay7854]

Heard my ex moved to Colombia. Glad to see she's doing alright.

[@trashcancollectorjoeleaves3239]

Gordon Ramsay you sounds hurt lol

[@philomena4873]

Poor girl 😂🤣

[@Shaunymac10]

WHERE’S THE LAMB SAUCE?????

[@yahdumbafmate4845]

Dude still bitter lmao

[@sgsnake2x]

Gordon Ramsay she probably got bitten and died by one of those hippos

[@jimsty5222]

This is by far the weirdest KZbin recommendation I have ever gotten. KZbin's algorithm's is so bizarre lol

[@lwinston5950]

lol same

[@noobblanco1525]

Few days ago I saw Hitler as a FBI definitely not the weirdest.

[@toddrowland2081]

Working so hard to forget his memory here in america, we keep making movies and television shows about his entire life, and glamorizing it to the extent that the youth want to become him. Interesting.

[@DIMP11]

Good point. Very sad and it should stop. Same like Tony Montana. People don't remember the death, only the glamor and power and money.

[@nome9752]

@@DIMP11 who

[@DIMP11]

@@nome9752 Antonio Montana from Cuba. He died in 1983 in Miami despite having a little friend.

[@ForzaBlucerchiati]

the high and mighty love him for all the cocaine he supplied them. it got them where they are today. without the cocaine they wouldn't have the superpowers to become who they are. He also kept the working class scared.

[@rogerroger6880]

@Messy Same as people worshiping serial killers. Why tf would support and follow a guy who killed 50 people in horrible ways?

[@calebprewitt6274]

Colombian Hippo's are chill af it's like a new bread of hippos

[@pilix9773]

Tasty bread

[@somedaywellknow1811]

The hippos are high!!

[@jeromevillaflor3896]

Damn, hippos made out of pure bread

[@lexingtonluger3257]

@@pilix9773 Hahahaha

[@lexingtonluger3257]

@@jeromevillaflor3896 pure wheat

[@motab9981]

This guy is giving a hard time to the Columbian government even when he’s dead

[@rodriguezelfeliz4623]

Colombian, not columbian :)

[@citygirl8569]

I love it 😂

[@kiki29073]

They need to use some that money they confiscated from him to remove them all.

[@yonicapope949]

LMAO

[@KingTay-xg4mi]

Like tupac said you mufuckas cant stop me even if I die ima still be a problem

[@Ditka-89]

“Thriving in Colombia because they have no predators”.. lmao. Hippos don’t have natural predators anywhere. Not even 20 foot long Nile Crocodiles will mess with them

[@doesnotexist305]

No but young hippos are preyed upon by crocodiles and lions. Obviously fully grown hippos don’t fear any other species... except for elephants lol.

[@yerman0564]

@@doesnotexist305 not sure exactly where Escobar's estate is, but Google tells me there's jaguars and caimans in Colombia, so maybe they could do something?

[@zygas25]

Jaguars are mostly jungle terrain while hippos are wetland terrain.

[@yerman0564]

@@zygas25 yes, but there's also almost 5,000 jaguars in Mexico, which is anything but jungle.

[@allancastellon9248]

@@yerman0564 Caimans don't get big enough generally I think Jaguars can easily hunt young Hippos though

[@earlevan3389]

You know your rich when you change Columbia's ecosystem into Africas 😂

[@ingGS]

*Colombia.

[@tehutimes1]

There are more than 1 type of ecosystem in the African continent.

[@himusardar8329]

Pablo Escobar reincarnated as hippo and that's his gang .

[@vand6]

Morga Hussain u stole my comment 😭😭😭😭WHYYY???😹😹😹😹👍🏽

[@reyalexandro]

lmaoooooo

[@elaineanderson4891]

😂😂😂

[@samanthamarie9220]

Omggg 😂😂😂😂

[@joaquinmoncayo3526]

They will soon start flying planes with cocaine

[@mybuttons11]

how tf do you forget about hippos

[@farmvetsph]

Huge spaces untracked by locals.

[@shantiajones8042]

Right!👏👏

[@michaelnoble2432]

They didn't forget about them - they just didn't care, so they opened the cages and let them go...

[@markmadison4281]

We’re at the point where people just blab whatever their drug addled mind whispers to them.

[@MegaMisterSir]

mybuttons11 How tf do you smuggle a hippo

[@huntercool2232]

They actually didn’t forget about the hippos. They intentionally left them there because hippos are hard to move and transport, plus at the time there was only 4 hippos so they thought if they left them there they would eventually die off, but they were very wrong.

[@bettygreenhansen]

Too bad Escobar didn’t spend his drug money to bring back the manatee.

[@21Halfmexi]

Actually manatees are thriving in a small state park in Florida called Blue Springs... check it out...

[@bettygreenhansen]

@@21Halfmexi Manatees are thriving? Since when? Last I heard these magnificent, slow-moving, migratory mammals were basically extinct as a species; the ones we have left in the wild in Florida live in an unsustainable community. Think of what things were like in paradise before mankind destroyed Florida! Large herds of manatees filled the warmer water bays and inlets of Florida’s Gulf Coast in winter. These days a manatee sighting is rare outside of their known areas of congregation. I saw a manatee once in the 70’s in a canal in Miami. The only other time I have seen a manatee it was trapped in a tank at SeaWorld. 😭

[@21Halfmexi]

@@bettygreenhansen kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4mciZxroploh6s

[@bettygreenhansen]

@@21Halfmexi thanks for the link! It does not prove that the Florida manatee can recover its numbers, but good to know the ones that are left have a nice place to hang out!

[@bettygreenhansen]

@@21Halfmexi oh and PS I totally forgot about seeing TWO manatees in Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee a few years ago on their riverboat tour!

[@YouCanCallMeReTro]

Reporter: So they attack people? Expert: Bruh. They're hippos.

[@sashao.1534]

YouCanCallMeReTro 😂😂😂😂 forreal

[@connorradcliffe1769]

expert: what a dumb question

[@johnterry4702]

Expert: Conjo you think they kiss them or something?

[@mamatortugabilingualchanne1554]

They not attack people, Americans attack people

[@cookingsauce8274]

@@mamatortugabilingualchanne1554 ?

[@KHY0328]

Even after his death, he is still causing trouble for the government, what a legend!

[@markangelolamaan289]

Coz influence sir is still there.

[@moji96]

A legend that killed thousands. What's wrong with you?

[@dman4897]

@@moji96 u don't have to be good to be a legend

[@resilience2012]

Djdaha Adan I agree

[@arizibra921]

Mojack people like Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great are considered legends and they killed more than thousands, what’s your point?

[@nullw8768]

Interesting that Colombia is actually a much more hospitable environment for hippos.

[@djallass]

Of course cause thats because hippos grown as big and strong as tanks to defend from crocs or lions but in colombia there are no big predators like that

[@christopherwood2290]

@@djallass It isn't that at all. It is because Columbia does not have severe droughts like the Africa plains does.

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

@@christopherwood2290 Africa doesn't have severe droughts, some countries in Africa have periodic bouts of drought. Difference, idiot.

[@djallass]

@Shinobi 312 oh yes a jaguar can be compared to lions or crocs. Bro lions are twice maybe 3 times bigger and also hunt in packs a jaguar cant even scratch a hippo

[@10parth10]

@Shinobi 312 a lion would have no chance against a hippo and you mention a smaller cat? No chance for jaguar

[@tiffanyferguson829]

I was all for the hippos staying until I heard about the manatee.

[@trevorjames7490]

The most recent comment here 😂

[@user-pe2yx9kt4e]

Same

[@bern9642]

It's the entire ecosystem. Animals should live in their ecosystem. Invasive species are always a threat to other native species. That's why you never release your pet into the wild if it isn't its native habitat

[@justinbam-ih9xz]

hippopotamus hunter 2020

[@marcbecker9554]

B ....but...but...”no borders no nations”....🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wren460]

You´ll find more hippos in a Walmart than in Colombia

[@howzit9397]

Hahaha that’s funny!! WAIT!! You talking about me?😂

[@jdz9952]

Oof

[@windchillofaoi]

wren460 I legit laughed out loud 😆😆😆

[@parlayphresh3062]

Golden lol

[@parlayphresh3062]

@@howzit9397 let me be the judge of that?

[@dr3wbyyy]

At least no attacks. Pablo raised em well.

[@JB-1138]

Until they run out of coke.

[@lelouchvibritannia9189]

There will be an attack if the locals keep feeding them.

[@johnterry4702]

Hippopotamos

[@zesalesjt7797]

Hippo Assassins... No *REPORTED* attacks.... LOL

[@nikobellic94]

They attack only dea

[@xisotopex]

if you can smuggle hippos and rhinos, elephants, you can smuggle anything

[@D1n0nlyD1v94]

4:45 wow "as long as you know how to deal with them you'll be okay" I never would have thought that.

[@eddiechea3603]

Those hippos needs to be given dreamers status, they were brought to Colombia as kids and no fault of their own. Colombia is the only country they know, lol.

[@Clipper1094]

Eddie Chea 😂😂 good one!

[@19SantaMariaValley13]

🤣🤣🤣

[@josematamoros596]

Eddie Chea you win lol

[@shangtsung1362]

Hilarious

[@evilsharkey8954]

Yeah, except the hippos are not native to this continent, while the Dreamers have more native blood than the people telling them to go away.

[@steveross5475]

Just don’t teach them math and then they won’t multiply duh

[@richardchargingcloud6590]

Nice

[@DanielH]

Exactly

[@atomicjack5060]

Lmaooo

[@riverdaletales8457]

They will add tho

[@Bbaby_Rico]

@@riverdaletales8457 don't teach them addition then

[@CptFlicky]

Imagine how many people died at that ranch. Then they decide "Lets turn it into a waterpark" LOL

[@coolandtrue8207]

I see those little birds that’s always around hippos are on here. Did Pablo adopt them too or..?

[@Otto-cz6by]

If only he had smuggled in northern white rhinos as well.

[@tagaway6173]

Why? Is that type endangered? Oh my 😓 Is there more hippos in Colombia than what's left of the N.W. rhinos in Africa? That's actually sad.

[@frials4757]

@@tagaway6173 they are almost extinct, last I heard there were only 2 left, both female

[@Otto-cz6by]

@Onca L we may get get a miracle with invitrofertilization. But it really is the fault of these wildlife protection groups. They had the chance to save them, but didn't because then those rhinos "wouldn't be wild."

[@jayydexter]

@@Otto-cz6by its bc if they take them in and rasie them for generations they will be released and would just die bc they dont know how to survive on their own. Thats why you need at least some of the species to remain wild

[@Otto-cz6by]

@@jayydexter keep some in the wild, there were at least 32 in the year 2000. In 1960 there were more than 2500 in the wild. They could've taken some of them in captivity, especially since so many were being killed so fast. Another thing they did was make it illegal to farm rhino horns. In South Africa, poaching went up almost 1000% after this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpOypZWblNiXjJo

[@sweetkandi8627]

Hippos: We will avenge Pablo after when we are done eating

[@Nene_760]

Damn you have really pretty eyes

[@vladcalimandruc6144]

After when

[@jmeaistt]

@@Nene_760 stfu

[@ghostfaceandme]

So never 😂

[@sterlihalla]

@@Nene_760 dam u thirsty bra

[@ChesapeakeHammockandOutdoors]

I thought the " run in a zig zag" escape was only in the movies, lol.

[@lebronjordan3]

Pablo has a contribution in preserving wildlife.

[@vivianpryce7885]

I totally agree with you on this....every bad person have some good in them.

[@684avatar]

They turned Escobars drug estate into a theme park. That’s crazy lol

[@lamoskgr]

They have to get their money back somehow 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justaguy9717]

It was no drug estate, it was a zoo

[@lamoskgr]

@@justaguy9717 It was a hacienda, actually, which is an estate

[@carriecree1789]

A drug house is an adult theme park already in way with its own adult type amusement.

[@morganmorgan884]

Right

[@-----------762-------------]

50 hippos from a smuggled 4. *_Sweet Home Alabama intensifies_*

[@Romario3000]

😂😂

[@nadrolobtheorcwench6342]

Right! You'd think that adverse effects of severe inbreeding would have crippled the population. I'm impressed it managed to reach 50.

[@DB-rc9ln]

Tbhhhh hahaha

[@heatherillo]

This is the best comment.

[@aidanbaughan2710]

Jangus the 4 smuggled hippos couldn’t have been not related so there could be more genetic diversity

[@saltycreole2673]

Running wild in Columbia. Sounds like our news media. Only the Hippos are less dangerous.

[@asdrubalanibal6853]

The fact that after three (3) decades this is still not dealt with, it only exposes plain and simple government incompetence.

[@chosenelite762]

Wait, So they're from Africa now in the americias that would make the the world's first African American hippos

[@SAUSAGETURTLE330]

What??

[@chosenelite762]

@@SAUSAGETURTLE330 u heard me

[@vincem2759]

LOL hippos have been in america before Pablo escobar. The US even considered replacing cows with hippos.

[@firasb-ck1dj]

USA had already have many African Americans Hippos

[@kid7805]

You’re tapped differently, that doesn’t make them African American hippos 🙅🏽‍♂️💆🏽‍♂️

[@crom5423]

Once endangered...now abundant. Thanks Pablo. You saved a species

[@reachroachhshrek3842]

Yes, I believe the hippos are way safer now than in dead man land African

[@casey9559]

But in the wrong environment, no predators...

[@crom5423]

@@casey9559 maybe that will change their known aggressive behavior for generations to come.

[@iggy082]

Lol he guessed around 50 hippos. Hardly "abundant."

[@bernieconsalvo3720]

ReachRoachh shrek although I think it’s cool how they multiplied, there’s possibly less than 100. I wouldn’t call that saving a species. More work needs to be don’t to save these beautiful animals

[@bensantos16]

Imagine how confused people will be if you say this title out of context

[@bradreed2001]

Escobar's ghost: "Welcome to Moomin valley foo!"

[@scotthilliard7177]

Smuggling hippos......I could just see it. The smugglers put little vests on them, and convinced the airline that they were service animals. 😁

[@Readyplayer8]

😁😂

[@2highforthisshihh843]

Smuggled in boats dufus 😂

[@2highforthisshihh843]

@Adam Brickley I mean as in how they smuggled them bro lmao

[@scotthilliard7177]

@@2highforthisshihh843 I believe the jokes on you! It probably always has been.

[@2highforthisshihh843]

@@scotthilliard7177 I got the "original joke" jokes on your own joking around dufus

[@fukchou]

Those Rhinos probably won't be endanger if Pablo is still alive.

[@El.Matamoros.]

Grammer nice

[@shanendirangu1403]

Uuhm its hippos Bobby

[@fukchou]

@@shanendirangu1403 0:54

[@shanontrinidad5905]

Its only Sumatran Rhino

[@spensinthevalley3099]

I lost brain cells trying to read that

[@horsepower523]

"Hippos taking over Colombia"...that has got to be the weirdest and funniest news I've ever heard lmao.

[@mbgglomar2956]

“Don’t get to close” the little girl in the streets got hella close to the hippo and didn’t even notice her

[@jamiekramp6368]

Imagine being a hippo born in Columbia. Dude you have no idea what Africa was like 😫

[@99mrpogi]

Maybe a line from another hippo who was smuggled from Africa.. Or a Columbian born hippo who may have entered a nearby zoo has met another hippo who was taken from Africa to Columbia

[@Santi_SL7]

Jamie Kramp Colombia *

[@ChuckNorris12798]

Where's Columbia is that a new country or what? 🤔

[@1jazzyphae]

😂😂😂💀

[@fabdav333]

COLUMBIA?? LOL OMG how difficult is it to write Colombia right?

[@EchaStudios]

Pablo is fitttttt

[@benh3011]

yup same

[@tedtrench8487]

Same

[@1014p]

Pretty much, at least this is kind of interesting.

[@user-mu5zv5fw3j]

@Greg Peterson personally looked for "cocaine hippos"

[@hifriend7581]

Yeah I was looking at how to ship cocaina undetected and this popped up.

[@xthee_0nly_1x11]

This is awesome

[@freepointfive6303]

Brilliant 👏

[@CounterRyu]

I bet Pablo Escobar threw his enemies into that lake, like a super villain.

[@narf651]

Brutal but cool

[@DRDREAMYBULLMDSBROTHER]

“Yo hippo ese’s go get this foo”

[@Kevin-yp7yk]

@boof toot you gotta lotta nerve being so stupid

[@siggelito7869]

@tacobog ever heard of this guy called hitler

[@siggelito7869]

@tacobog he killed tens of millions of people he’s both a criminal and a dictator

[@nuttystarscraftters7049]

They’re chill hippos because they never had to be aggressive due to the lack of animals that threaten their way of life

[@avazquez01]

Tbh they are really docile so far. I wouldn’t be surprised if they adapted to live along side humans.

[@jeremyplacido5858]

@Soda King Colombia*

[@whitewalker8647]

Probably, but that means they also could endanger the life balance since they have no predator

[@Todzer09]

White Walker there is no animal alive that could bother the hippo!!

[@TommyRibs]

They need to remove them. They will affect the ecosystem there. They are EXTREMELY dangerous animals. They laugh at Crocodiles.

[@sherrybeelerbrigham5411]

These r magnificent animals ❤ 🦏🦏🦏Hopefully they will be safe 🙏 & The People who lived there❤

[@TheLordRichard]

You used the wrong emoji lol It’s🦛 not🦏

[@mikeylafave1856]

It does seem like they are less aggressive there. Probably because they dont have any enemies.

[@MrCapochannel]

Plot twist, they smuggle drugs inside the hippos

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Lmao

[@ruvin7023]

Based on pablo's reputoir, it may be. 🤔

[@jorgemariozurek9984]

Actually, one of the reasons they had hippos was to use their feces to hide the cocaine when they flew on planes, that way the anti-narcotic dogs wouldn’t get near it because they were intimidated by the smell.

[@jorgemariozurek9984]

co122189 Col-O-mbia***

[@alevine1951]

MrCapochannel Don't quit your day job.

[@aidanrammy6808]

Plot twist, the hippos are controlling the drug trade and pablo escobar worked for them

[@aidanrammy6808]

@Hans Grubers Goatee I'm not going to Colombia anytime soon😂

[@samroxeva]

Duhhhhhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@misssincere5762]

😂😂😂

[@justinlawrence1816]

Lmao, now that is funny asf.

[@Drew791]

That sounds like an awesome Dreamworks or Sony Pictures Animation film!

[@babymammoth34]

"The evil and chaos that men do often lives after them...the good turns in their bones."

[@firstnamelastname6016]

So let it be with Caesar.

[@Tigercam24]

I'm gonna be honest, the title of this video is hilarious even though this is a serious problem for the people of that region ☹

[@michael85225]

They're calling them "Cocaine Hippos", seriously?

[@osvaldoreyes34]

My drooda

[@mattkennedy6115]

Pablo’s revenge!

[@oc4515]

😂

[@novagray4143]

Its a good name

[@iteilejm]

What's hard to understand? Cocaine money brought them there.

[@haziqzuhair2632]

Even in death, Pablo Escobar is still giving troubles to the people. 😅

[@kingartison]

Amed Tajan sounds like southern America

[@saully1797]

Amed Tajan kids want to be gangsters because of people like 69 and many other rappers of this generation it’s not because of Pablo Escobar

[@user-nx6xd4il9i]

@@saully1797 but why did these rappers become gamgsters? Cause of this guys money n status

[@brkey1822]

Fjr Fjr Not all people become “gangsta” because of Pablo Escobar. There are many factors like poverty, television the environment.

[@whitealliance9540]

Ay ayayayaya

[@cummerchant542]

Great title

[@earlevan3389]

Who wants to bet Pablo did this on purpose 😂 He's laughing beyond the grave !

[@davids.8509]

No he did it because he was obsessed with hippos, when he was a kid he had a collection of animal stamps and managed collect all the animals but the hippos, so the first thing he did when he became millionaire was to buy a huge farm and finally bring the hippos he could never have in his stamp collection.

[@user-lo9vu8ok1m]

Okay but their heads peaking outta the water is the cutest thing.

[@patrickking9600]

Mony Fony I know, they look like a bunch of pink Shreks ☺️

[@MakerInMotion]

@@patrickking9600 Yeah but Shrek would invite you to have a pint with him. Hippos will just bite you in half.

[@zachthomas7810]

Mony Fony you should go pet it

[@KinGIIRomE]

Like an uncircumcised penis playing peek-a-boo

[@Denzel_Watchington]

Let them stay at your apartment then Mony. I say we ship them outta there. Make Columbia Great again!

[@ThePrayingDon]

They making money off the hippos they ain't going no where.

[@LeChristEstRoi]

It seems obvious to me that there isn't a real will to get rid of them! Come on! It's not that difficult to eradicate them! An efficient and simple way to get rid of them in a matter of a few months at worst would be to use a dozen of motorboats equipped with machine guns and scanning sonar, then aligned the boats into a straight line from one shore to the another shore, spaced a dozen of yard apart, and methodically scan the river while moving upstream or downstream. The only issue I can see with this method is the opposition from animal rights activists because it would be an efficient but also a very messy, gory mess!

[@Generatorsarefake]

@@LeChristEstRoi Indeed

[@206beastman]

@@LeChristEstRoi dam your plans way over the top. I could walk around for a couple days and shoot 50 animals with a 50 cal

[@LeChristEstRoi]

​@@206beastman Maybe I'm wrong but I think that those animals won't wait for you in bright daylight to be shot. Like most animals they aren't that dumb, they learn very quickly that there are some danger around and are able to modify and adapt their behavior in order to avoid that danger. Nowaday there are probably several hundreds of them, so maybe for a couple of days you'll be able to shoot a dozen by just walking around, but very quickly the remainder of this guys will perceive that new danger and become much more wary... That river is pretty large with plenty of possible hiding places...

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@LeChristEstRoi They clearly said that killing the hippos wouldn't go over well with the people.

[@zmitch88]

Little bit better, thank you

[@liriogalvan9131]

QUE VIVA MI AMADA COLOMBIA 🇨🇴🙏

[@rkbelmont1138]

You don't fool me, Gloria and Motomoto had some fun in Colombia

[@sreshthasinha1672]

Lol you nailed it!!😂😂

[@lfle9933]

Omfg 🤣🤣🤣

[@DerrickDX]

And Ricardo.... 😂😂😂

[@aaronrodgers5852]

RK Belmont I like em BIG I like EM CHUNKY I like em BiG I LIKE em PLUMPY

[@sobohaha]

They can't even handle his hippos, and you're talking about his drugs network?

[@Zach.3246]

@David Harlem We aren’t a 3rd world country 💀

[@voriee7025]

@@Zach.3246 Yes you are...US cant even control covid

[@Zyax3r]

@@voriee7025 control covid then.

[@burntchickennugget8142]

@@voriee7025 US is a third world country now

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Infinite God. Controlling covid is easy. We in Jamaica only recently breached 13,000 infectees, and only less than four hundred deaths, with about 9000 something recoveries from it.

[@MrTNA-ml8tt]

Chat is amazing, the comments are awesome

[@eamonlee159]

Who else got this in their recommend 1 year later?

[@dirgramsey6132]

The way the kids chased the hippos away made them look real territorial lol

[@volitionant9682]

Hippos respect others territories just as they expect you to respect theirs.

[@Rkees5]

@christopher williamson in Africa,the ones in South America aren't aggressive at all,it's crazy how the behavior is different in a different region

[@Rkees5]

@BallOnEm PBS yeah I'm guessing there aggressive in Africa naturally because of so many predators,the ones in South America don't have any really,there's nothing there that could dream of fighting a hippo, not even a jaguar,so there just naturally more at ease

[@samuelbekele3601]

@@Rkees5 Not just because of predators, there are more hippos in Africa. These hippos have no need to compete with each other for territory, yet. Once the population gets big enough they'll get much more agressive and territorial.

[@Rkees5]

@@samuelbekele3601 and that's a terrifying thought, people in South America aren't recognizing the danger hippos bring, and that environment is perfect for them, I've heard the wildlife services out there have already started putting them down

[@SpankSandwitch99]

Have they tried Asking them to stop?

[@MylotheZooLovingScientist]

Did they try turning them off and back on again?

[@patrickeo6158]

Did they try to put new batteries in

[@hentaiexpert217]

Did they try CTRL-ALT-DELETE

[@dr.emmettbrown5345]

Did they even try to zalk to them at all ? Im africa we just ask them to stop and they listen

[@adventuresofwillandshelby6013]

Efforts were useless as the hippos identify as vegan fish...

[@thaneros]

Its amazing and terrifying that a single species when is taken out its natural habitat it can wreck an ecosystem.

[@personunidentified7672]

They’re guarding his vault 😂

[@circularwaves7585]

Damn so they turned his place once filled with dead body’s and drugs in to a theme park

[@truongnd1]

yeah they are smart , its call making money

[@fierywolverine5044]

@@truongnd1 It's called no ethics or morals

[@hueyboswell3492]

Yes that's wierd

[@madhash83]

Basically what Las Vegas is too

[@XBR99]

@@fierywolverine5044 all subjective.

[@sumboi2321]

The thought of Hippos jacked up on cocaine is terrifying

[@user-ej2xz3lx2e]

Yeah I bet they could run in all types of zig zags

[@burntchickennugget8142]

@@user-ej2xz3lx2e haha bruh

[@DIMP11]

The real reason nobody wanted to mess with Escobar: Say hello to my BIG friend.......

[@jakeofa7226]

That's a funny thought😂

[@user-ej2xz3lx2e]

@@jakeofa7226 😂😂😂

[@wuzsigma]

POV: this video is being recommended to you and you don’t know why

[@patmcgrowin3414]

“Say Hello to My Little Frens”.... out comes the Hippos

[@bernardwanjohi7201]

African hippos are wild game but these ones have evolved literally

[@manmare4080]

Even in africa we problem with them they keep multiplying.

[@vanessaceron2401]

I think he meant this ones are not so dangerous, I think since they are born they don't feel in danger and is lot of food they can't be happier

[@TheKingofdans]

@@vanessaceron2401 lol but that's not evolution 🤣

[@manmare4080]

@@vanessaceron2401 Is matter of time before they will cause problem they are territorial.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

@@vanessaceron2401 Are you born like this or did you had an accident? Hippo’s are deadly dangerous animals no matter where they’re born and the Escobar-hippo’s should be shot away asap.

[@wellhi5815]

them: “hippos attack people” also them: *kids running off on hippos screaminh*

[@kimguir3557]

Haha hes the Hippo

[@kimguir3557]

Haha his the Hippo

[@alstef09]

Hippos does attack people.

[@talesle_roi7991]

Interestingly, this is precisely how people die! They do seem harmless and less aggressive than a lion or a crocodile, and this emboldens people around them. The hippo scared by children in the video is certainly an infant. Trying to do that with an adult that can behead an fully-grown lioness with a single bite would probably cause the first casualties in S.A.

[@colbalt95]

@@talesle_roi7991 okay first of all a lot of that stuff is headcanon but it is very good advice to stay safe. Secondly, we do not know the certain ratio of Nature : nurture that causes their aggression. So far they have been some of the most docile large animals within captivity and without predators that shapes a good portion of their aggression. These ones are also not threatened by poaching and habitat loss.

[@carljhirst]

Pablo's Dry Ski Slope in Columbia is the Highest Mountain of Dry snow in the West

[@tkyng2885]

How can you forget giant hippos🤣🤣

[@quaggiezz3662]

"Paradise because they have no predators." Also African Hippos tear a croc in half.

[@delldickerson8766]

Only difference it’s wet year round in Columbia usually the drought balances the population in Africa

[@snacking5908]

I’m here wondering what predators they’re referring to

[@Talzum]

@@snacking5908 the sun?

[@manjensen1710]

@@snacking5908 Lions and crocs can hunt young, injured or sick hippos

[@RDJ2]

Exactly what I was thinking. Yeah unlike in Africa where they get hunted by ehmmm... you know... the things.

[@Eazy_Bruh]

"Killing them is highly unpopular." Until one eats a human.

[@Juan_deep]

Eazy there hasn’t been not even one death as of yet so how threatening are they? But they are going to make some species extinct oh well that’s Mother Nature for u lol

[@dirgramsey6132]

Lol they definitely have killed a few

[@coreyluce8424]

@@Juan_deep you should walk up to one and pet it, I heard they are very friendly.

[@drewngure]

@@Juan_deep Hippos are nasty, one chased our boat at a local lake and nearly down it. Tourists and even locals in my country get mauled down by these huge creatures every now and then. I think they should shoot them all dead if they can't be relocated..people will start dying eventually.

[@sophiag612]

Juan Zavala hippos are actually really, really dangerous...

[@elunico13lu]

They look like they just chillin though

[@leonardomert42]

Honestly the title couldnt be more intriguing.

[@Is2i4h]

“Haven’t hurt anyone” Pablos hippos are built different 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@AloneAgain.1]

Im proud to be the 69th like

[@AcidAroma]

The cocaine is calming them down

[@DrugsAreBadUmmmKay]

@@AcidAroma, I don't think you know how cocaine works...

[@Rontlc3317]

@@DrugsAreBadUmmmKay 🤣🤣❤️

[@entasis704]

@@DrugsAreBadUmmmKay I don't think you know how jokes work...

[@marioperez-ph7er]

Here's a hypothesis. In Africa they have predators so they have to be more territorial and aggressive. In South America they don't have predators and roam freely so that might explain their docile nature which is very odd. Fascinating animals.

[@NunYa953]

There's no such thing as a docile Hippo. Walk up to one and prove me wrong.

[@alexsmith1207]

@@NunYa953 there was no fatalities in Colombia not yet anyway like in Africa. You never know if that hippo will attack you

[@davidramirez6896]

Very true they don’t know how to act like hippos

[@NunYa953]

@@alexsmith1207 Ok genius. Go to Columbia and test your theory.

[@alexsmith1207]

@@NunYa953 btw why would i go to Colombia to test my theory?? LOL. Don't you not know the stats or something? Did you know someone who was attacked by hippo in Africa? Im sorry if it happened but yeah Hippos in Colombia might be dangerous so it's better to stay off.

[@abduelrah3676]

Who is watching it in*2020

[@0f128]

Damn that's rough, wonder how big the hippo population will get

[@krazyninja954]

Pablo killed humans and saved animals. Great.

[@nickc3856]

Yeah it sure was great how his regime tortured and murdered children because of the actions of their adult family members. You idiot.

[@theicondom6997]

I mean he enslaved the animals in a cage and certain areas. Hippos need more than a small lake

[@zackp8201]

Classic psychopathic behaviour. Hitler loved animals and was a vegetarian because he believed eating meat was cruel.

[@jerry85g7]

A la Tony Soprano

[@contentdeleted7662]

zack p lol he should’ve been the last person talking about being cruel

[@johnkelly3549]

"The majority of the hippos still live in Escobar's former estate... which was turned in to a theme park back in 2007" Classic South America.

[@virgilioduque5004]

there are 70 hippos spread every where on the rivers far a way from the "zoo" there are only a few of them in the park , and those hippo go outside at the night.

[@thetriggeredgirl9173]

_Bruh, what was the solution then? destroy a magnificent place like that? of course no, Colombians are very entrepreneurial xD, making an aquatic/Natural park was a hella great idea_

[@jlkeeper8901]

What’s so bad about that? At least we try to get over the violence, and actually improve

[@samo8225]

I was there it's really cool. There is this one slide that goes straight down and if you don't lay down according to the instructions you back will hurt af.

[@donramonbalboa4797]

YO I READ THIS COMMENT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME IT PASSED ON THE VIDEO

[@vwati]

Colombian fishermen will learn something African fishermen know all too well....."don't mess with the hippo"

[@SCP_Scarlet_Officer]

Imagine going to a random theme/water park and not even knowing its a former drug empire belonging to a drug lord.