Medellín Cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort with drug money. He called it Hacienda Nápoles. Now it’s overrun by Hippos. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS...Show More
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rmmiller364 recommended:Jan 27th, 2023
I’ve listened to quite a few podcasts about Hacienda Napoles, but this one had an amazing new angle. It includes an interview with the scientist whose job it is to try and sterilize the hippos invading this part of Colombia (hippos descended from the ones in Pablo Escobar’s zoo)!!
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epekilis recommended:Jan 7th, 2023
Incredible tale of a South American drug cartel lord who disrupted an entire ecosystem not by chopping down the Amazon to plant coca fields but by importing hippos to his personal zoo. This is 99% Invisible-worthy storytelling.
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