How Pablo Escobar Created an Invasive Species Problem in Colombia

Welcome Back! It's been a few weeks and this was worth the wait; travel to Colombia and all over the Mammalian Kingdom with your host, Shelby here at The Rainy Book Nook Podcast.

I discuss how Pablo Escobar smuggled animals into Colombia for his Estate Zoo during the 1980s, but one animal remains in the area to this day and continues to grow rapidly, recently being officially declared an invasive species.

It's not all bad news though, discover Zoonomia, the brain child of over 100 researchers.

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SOURCES/LINKS:

https://zoonomiaproject.org/

Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcZMKv-iEg 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ybg6hd-TUA&t=44s  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pablo-escobar-cocaine-hippos-legally-people-us-judge/ 

Leptospirosis

https://www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/index.html 

What is Eutrophication?

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/eutrophication.html 

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/science-topics/eutrophication 

What is an Invasive Species - The Smithsonian

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/invasive-species

Mummy Unroller - Cambridge.org

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/article/abs/unrolling-egyptian-mummies-in-nineteenthcentury-britain/56BF3B3408D2E13EB839FFD58CF738B4