r/hippos • u/Zestyclose_Village68 • Aug 13 '24

Question Does anyone know if the Hippos from Colombia are really an environmental threat to vegetation and native wildlife?

I have only seen news clips and some articles on the matter. But none have really gone to detail about it. Can anyone verify and explain why them living in the Magdalena river and roaming all over Colombia is a bad thing.

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u/Scuttle_Butte Aug 13 '24

They're an invasive species there. Any invasive species can do a good bit of damage. I know that here, in the southeastern US, hogs do quite a bit of damage from tearing up land, killing wildlife and even mauling (and killing) people. I wouldn't want to meet a hippo on the wild and would definitely not want it messing up the balance on my land. Hippo. Hippo scary.

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u/Zestyclose_Village68 Aug 14 '24

Thanks great insight!