Contradictions of life. Colombia’s most famous drugs trafficker Pablo Escobar left the country with a very special plague: a little less than 30 hippopotamuses. South African experts have advised to kill some animals and to try to sterilize the rest. But a month ago a hippopotamus girl was born: Matilde, and she seems to have been rejected by her mother.
Of course such a small cute hippopotamus arouses tenderness and concern. But she will grow up and cause as many problems as the rest.
The other Matilda seems to be wandering still along the Magdalena river, in spite of some advertisement of the Environment Ministry that she might have been killed. With her probably is small Hip, who is growing as well, but who seems to have the luck to be adopted by a natural park.
Let’s see what happens to little Matilde. For now she is been taken care of.
Tags: Colombia, drugs, hippopotamus, Matilda, Pablo Escobar
April 29, 2010 at 2:58 am |
There does seem to be something faulty despite the fact that using the link you posted, it really is sending me to your main page, and I could not see what the link is ought to be.
May 2, 2010 at 4:08 pm |
Dear Thilges, Thank you for your comment. Perhaps you could tell me to what link you refer, so that I can correct it if something went wrong.