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The Audio Long Read

The cocaine kingpin’s wildest legacy: what can be done with Pablo Escobar’s marauding hippos?

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Colombian drug lord’s exotic menagerie fell apart after his death, and now wild hippos are breeding out of control. By Joshua Hammer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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