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Don't be a Hippo-crite: Managing the Worlds Largest Invasive Species
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Right Up Your Algae by Clara Ryan and Emily Dawe

Episode notes

This week Clara and Emily travel to the lush nation of Columbia! In this beautiful country you'll find ugly river dolphins, condors, manatees and... cocaine hippos? Introduced by Pablo Escobar is the Columbian hippo, the worlds largest invasive species. Listen along to learn the difficulties of castrating a hippo, a strange take on rewilding, and why you shouldn't eat hippo meat.

A Case for Hippos in Columbia: file:///C:/Users/emily/Downloads/TheCaseForHipposinColombia.pdf

Colombian Hippos and Species Management: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/12/2/29#B30-laws-12-00029

Removing Pablo Escobar’s hippos from Colombia to cost $3.5m:

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biologyauqaticconservationrewilding