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Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one female ...

As if real-life hippos weren’t far enough of a cry from their sweet cartoon counterparts — polar opposites from Madagascar’s Gloria or The Backyardigans’ Tasha — Discovery Channel’s brand new series ...

South African farmer Marius Els raised Humphrey the hippo 'like a son,' having taken him in when he was just 5 months old - but the hippo eventually turned on his owner. Marius, a dedicated animal ...