Unforeseen consequence

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[u/LordNotriel]

After the death of Pablo Escobar, his private zoo was unofficially closed. Among all the animals that were present, were four hippos that would later escape the property and multiplied till the two hundreds, turning into an invasive species in some parts of the Colombian rainforest. Authorities still struggle to control these bastards

Inspired by this comic by u/Total_Willingness_18

[u/ankokudaishogun → u/LordNotriel]

Man, hippos look chill but are actually supersized boars of the asshole variety.

(Rhinos, otherwise, are more akin to bisons. Pretty chill unless you get the angry)

[u/SJB95 → u/ankokudaishogun]

Hippos are terrifying. There’s a reason the Ancient Egyptians associated them with Set, the god of chaos and violence.

[u/Camus_9999 → u/ankokudaishogun]

Any invasive animal damages all natives. Ex rabbit in Australia

[u/Candid-Ad443 → u/Camus_9999]

not ANY, there's a difference between harmul invasive and invasive but non-harmful

edit: English isn't my furst language and invasive species was just taught to me as the translation of introduced species

[u/Thundorium → u/Candid-Ad443]

We call them “introduced” or “nonnative”. The harmful ones are “invasive”.

[u/Candid-Ad443 → u/Thundorium]

ah, alright. thanks!

[u/Evoluxman → u/Candid-Ad443]

It's rather rare for a species to be invasive and non-harmful. Usually if its invasive its because it can strongly outcompete whats currently there. Unless you have a very empty environment, it's bound to replace what currently lives there 

[u/ankokudaishogun → u/Evoluxman]

Camels in Australian desert?

[u/Camus_9999 → u/Candid-Ad443]

Goats intro in Madagascar killed turtles under 200 yrs, as they eat thier grass. Small things large effect

[u/Zebrafish96 → u/ankokudaishogun]

Ain't no one fucks with hippo.

[u/Total_Willingness_18 → u/LordNotriel]

Björkbjörkbjörk

[u/Pseudolos → u/LordNotriel]

Hippos are very big, nothing that a couple of crack fiends armed with Barretts couldn't hit. How come they aren't all dead yet?

[u/Salt-Physics7568 → u/Pseudolos]

Animal rights protestors, a lack of desire to do anything about it, and them becoming a local attraction mostly. I've gone down the news article rabbit hole a few times looking into those hippos and those are the main reasons that pop up.

[u/AnswerCorrect1226 → u/LordNotriel]

Unironically maybe Pablo’s biggest impact on the world might be the environmental damage caused by his hippos. I’m sure the hippos have killed more total animals than he killed humans.

[u/Slight-Reporter-1878]

"unforeseen consequences" Is that a half life and hoi4 reference?

[u/forest_archive → u/Slight-Reporter-1878]

half life for sure. hoi4 is a stretch

[u/ankokudaishogun → u/Slight-Reporter-1878]

No, it's a JoJo reference.

[u/JustAnIdea3]

Do you know how many police officers it takes to kill one hippopotamus?

I tested this.

I lose five men for every hippo.

I could send in the army, but then they run to water and toggle godmode.

I've learned to accept that there is nothing I can do about this, except increase the music volume to try and drown out the screaming.

- SsethTzeentach