Would anyone want a Pet Hippo?
They are three tons of wet fun - but you have to live on a lake or river - or be put in a very large Hippo Pool.
Colombian Drug Kingpin Pablo Escobar imported them to a Colombian river 10 years ago - when he ran the Country.
Now there are 200 Hippos and growing.
They love the Cocaine bales floating downriver.
They need a good Home and are just perfect for some American billionaire who doesn't pay any taxes - and has money for an exotic hobby.
Or maybe a 'Hippo for your Honey' - A belated Valentines present.
A major Dogfood company has asked for the whole Lot - they are thinking of having a Petting Zoo at the Factory.
Colombia is thinking about it.
(Conchita Lucita Morales - CCN - Bogota)
