Cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar owned a private zoo with a multitude of different animals, including giraffes and hippos. When Pablo Escobar was murdered, all zoo animals were taken by private animal collectors, except the hippos. Those hippos, commonly known as ‘cocaine hippos,’ thrived, reproduced, and can still be found lurking around Napoles, Columbia

Originally, it was thought that the cocaine hippos were good for the environment, despite them being an invasive species. Their feces were a good fertilizer and they helped enrich the ecosystem and helped bring back lost habitats from extinct animals.

But there’s something bad for anything good. The Cocaine Hippos don’t belong in Columbia and are reproducing at an alarming rate. They also have no natural predators in Columbia, meaning nothing’s keeping them in check.

These hippos are known to be dangerous as well, with locals calling them aggressive and unpredictable. To top it off, the water quality is worsening due to their manure.

Changing the water quality has many negative effects. It endangers the local species that reside in the water and makes for poor drinking water.

There have been numerous attempts to stop the hippos’ population from increasing, but there haven’t been any successful attempts so far. There are plans to relocate the hippos to Mexico, Peru, and India. Some authorities have suggested killing them all.

Cocaine hippos don’t show any signs of slowing down. Not only are they ruining other animals’ habitats, but they also attack humans and will continue to pose a serious threat to Columbia if they are not stopped.