Tag Archives: Pablo Escobar

(Weird) animal news: bees, badgers, junkie cats and hippos

All from Harper’s June 2023 Findings: Bumblebees learn from one another how to solve puzzle boxes. Dutch trains are being disrupted by tunneling badgers… An autopsy of a house cat revealed amphetamine, methamphetamine, and three types of benzodiazepine. A serval … Continue reading

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Animal news: “cocaine” hippos and castration

I’m finding this item from Harper’s Weekly Review rather confusing, in multiple ways. We know about the wandering hippos — them a thing of rags and tatters. But who knew they have been dubbed “cocaine” hippos? It’s not their fault … Continue reading

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Some peculiar animal news: hippos, cuttlefish & woolly mammoths

From Harper’s May 2021 Findings: Ecologists were concerned about the colonization of the Magdalena River by Pablo Escobar’s hippos… Remember the exodus of Pablo’s hippos? No? Remember Pablo? OK, this link will remind you of why Pablo’s hippos are creating … Continue reading

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