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Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos

by Associated Press
| February 23, 2020 1:05 PM

DORADAL, Colombia (AP) — Maria Jaramilla awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of her panicked mule. When she looked out across her small yard, her confusion turned to shock: A hippopotamus had wandered down her driveway and was inspecting her house.

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