The Hippo Problem

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Deanna covers South America for the Washington Post. In Bogota, Colombis Cabiro has a hippo problem that has been growing for 30 years or so. The living and tree lizard feasts on bird eggs and lays its own eggs in the nest. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat. But they're more stuck with gorillas.

The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach us non-druglords a thing or two about pet ownership.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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