Man Eaters

Ep 165: Cocaine Hippos: Escobar's Living Legacy

July 4, 2026·1h 8m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Pablo Escobar built a private empire filled with unimaginable wealth, violence, and excess... including a zoo imported from around the world and four hippopotamuses brought in from Africa. Decades after his death, those hippos escaped into Colombia’s Magdalena River and became one of the world’s strangest and most controversial invasive species. Then: "Who Am I?", "Scratch Of The Day" and Australia vs Canada in The World Wildlife CupWatch the video version of this podcast on PATREON!PATREON: patreon.com/maneatersEMAIL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠maneaterspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM: @maneaterspodcastINSTAGRAM: @jimothychapsTIKTOK: @jimothychapsYOUTUBE: youtube.com/maneaters

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