In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippopotamuses into Colombia for a zoo on his ranch. Today, there are over 160 hippos in the country. “It’s like hippo paradise here. They have water and food all year long. They have no predators…They can do whatever they want." Listen to Jorge Caraballo’s Radio Ambulante episode about narco tours here. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, members-only merch, and more. Learn more and sign up here. Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hi, it's Phoebe.
Before we get to today's show, we're very excited to announce that we're adding a second leg to our 10th anniversary tour.
This fall, we're heading to cities that we didn't get to visit earlier this year.
We'll be coming to Austin, Tucson, Boulder, Portland, Oregon, Detroit, Madison, Northampton, and Atlanta.
Lauren and I had so much fun telling these seven brand new stories that we decided we wanted to go back out on the road again.
Tickets will be on sale Friday, July 26.
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You can get your tickets even earlier, starting on Tuesday, July 23.
You can find all the details@thisiscriminal.com.
live.
See you on stage very soon.
What is it like being so close to a hippo?
What do they smell like?
What do they, what's their skin like?
The skin is not so nice.
Sorry.
When they get hurt in the wildlife, hippos, they have this thing in the skin, like blood, but it's not blood.
Doctor Gina Paolo Serna is a wildlife veterinarian.
She spoke to us from her apartment building where there was a lot of construction.
The name hippopotamus comes from the greek for river horse.