1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,840 I did not mean to make you excited about all the new categories and then pick the episodes 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,720 for you, but I had to pick the episode for you on this one, this fringy mini. 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,480 And you're gonna see why I just- 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,720 The new categories for Spank. 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,840 I can tell you what category it is from though, if you wish to know. 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,480 It is, gotta say there's a lot in all these categories. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,400 It is feeling like an update. 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,600 An update you we will. 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,320 This one is from Vice. 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,760 Sometimes they're still updating, I don't know when they're actually stopping updating. 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:43,520 Anyhow, from Vice, written February 5th, 2024, 817am by Evie Kwan. 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:49,640 Title, Pablo Escobar's invasive cocaine hippos are now apparently attacking people. 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,880 Well probably because people keep kicking them, I have to assume. 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Do you think the Latin Americans are nicer to their like giant animals? 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:04,200 God, I was gonna say yes, but I mean you just, I mean it's inherently human it seems like. 16 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,200 Probably no. 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,200 You probably gotta kick a giant animal if you've never seen it. 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,560 Well let's see if there's any talk of being kicked. 19 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,720 The environmentally invi- I mean hippos are supposed to be assholes. 20 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,240 Like nature's biggest asshole apparently. 21 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,240 Oh yeah. 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,400 And that's why they're always moving their balls. 23 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,880 And that's just talking about how much they poop. 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:27,400 The environmentally invasive descendants of four cocaine hippos from Colombian drug lord, 25 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,720 Pablo Escobar's private zoo now have their eyes set on a new target, people. 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:34,760 I hope they don't have a taste for human yet. 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,880 That's kind of what it sounds like. 28 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,880 That's what's released from the hippos. 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,160 There have been reports of hippos invading a school here. 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,160 Oh my god. 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:49,960 As well as terrorizing local fishing communities with some residents requiring hospital care 32 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,520 after ferocious attacks, according to local media. 33 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,400 Many are now worried that the hippos which have since multiplied to a population of nearly 34 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:04,880 170 and 40 years will become an even bigger threat if they continue to reproduce at the 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,120 same speed. 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,320 They're very dangerous. 37 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,640 A local told Fox News, the creatures have become unpredictable and aggressive and said 38 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:16,240 that if a person were to encounter one it would probably be best to hide. 39 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,360 I mean isn't that the thing about hippos? 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,200 Yeah, are they always? 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,200 I know. 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Are they unusually? 43 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,680 Well they have a taste for humans now they said. 44 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,200 A hippos, they said it. 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,200 This comes just three months after Colombia's government pledged millions of dollars on 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:36,720 a plan to call nearly 170 hippos as they become one of the largest invasive species in the 47 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:37,720 world. 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,400 Destroying South America's soil while also poisoning waterways and killing fish. 49 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,520 They've also discovered a taste for killing fish. 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,880 Well four hippos, wow, three females and one male were part of the hundreds of exotic animals 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,880 at Escobar's private zoo. 52 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:59,640 Acienda and Napoles from the 1980s after the drug lord's death in 1993. 53 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:04,120 Animals from the abandoned estate were donated to other zoos except the hippos who have since 54 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,600 reproduced uncontrollably. 55 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,160 Colombia's environment minister Susanna Mohammed said that they're in a race against 56 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:16,360 the time when it comes to the permanent environmental and ecosystems impact. 57 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:21,040 We already knew about all of this, I really want to hear that's the end of the article. 58 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,320 Damn it, I wanted to hear about the taste for humans. 59 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:25,320 Yeah. 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,320 They made much promises that they didn't deliver. 61 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:29,320 They really did. 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,320 Again, I'm less dissatisfied. 63 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,560 It still surprises me that we're probably still too close to the birth of these most 64 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,560 recent hippos. 65 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,880 How can they exist with only four, three females, one male? 66 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,760 So they're all going to be incredibly genetically close. 67 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:45,760 Yeah. 68 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,160 Which in my mind means that they'll destroy themselves over time. 69 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,200 But I guess the question really is, is how long does it take for genetic diversity to 70 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,200 become the issue? 71 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,200 How long would that take? 72 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,200 I have no idea. 73 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,520 And will they destroy the environment and the humans around it before that time? 74 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,800 And I thought they were sold to like Indies. 75 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,160 The hippo verse that we've been following is very inconsistent in my mind. 76 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,320 Some of them are going to India. 77 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:12,320 We can't find their ball. 78 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,520 And how would they find a bokeh? 79 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,920 Like hey India, do you want these very nice hippos that are super good for your environment? 80 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:20,920 Anyhow. 81 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:21,920 I don't know. 82 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,920 Yeah. 83 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,920 That's my update. 84 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,920 Okay. 85 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:31,720 I'm sorry that there's a lack of details on the attack of people and the targeting of 86 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:32,720 people. 87 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,720 Yeah. 88 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 How many people? 89 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,720 Were they kicking them? 90 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,720 And how? 91 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,320 They also want to know that. 92 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,200 But alas, we leave again disappointed. 93 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Yeah. 94 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,200 But don't worry. 95 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 That's what. 96 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,920 Two in a row that we've left you disappointed. 97 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Surely we won't do it again. 98 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,000 So we'll see you back here in 48 hours. 99 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Bye. 100 00:04:51,000 --> 00:05:06,720 Stay happy huge honey.