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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › how-the-us-almostHow the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers

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   May 30, 2023 · Hippo waste adds to water’s nutritional load, propelling the overgrowth of algae while simultaneously killing native plants and fish.

2. californiawaterblog.com › 2015/04/01 › exoticExotic animals deployed as Delta ‘weed whackers’ | California ...

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   Apr 1, 2015 · Working with state water officials, UC Davis scientists last month released a herd or “bloat” of hippopotamuses from Botswana to chow down on vast mats of water hyacinth that also threaten to clog the intake to the California Aqueduct near Stockton. Water hyacinth in Delta.

3. www.wired.com › 2013 › 12The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to ...

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   Dec 20, 2013 · In the early years of the last century, the U.S. Congress considered a bold and ingenious plan that would simultaneously solve two pressing problems -- a national meat shortage and a growing...

4. www.thedailyscoop.com › news › retail-industryMeat Madness: How American Farmers Almost Became Hippo ...

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   Jul 24, 2024 · Farm by farm, Irwin recommended fencing off sections of land beside waterways, inserting hippos, and pulling in water hyacinth for free fodder. (No matter that hippos generally graze on land and would not have consumed water hyacinth in significant quantity.)

5. www.ripleys.com › stories › hippo-meatHippo… Meat? - Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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   Jan 10, 2024 · What they may not have realized is that hippos have a reputation for being aggressive and territorial and probably wouldn’t have settled in very nicely in the Louisiana bayou. The bill failed. To meet meat demand, meatpackers increased supply, grazing lands became feedlots, and wetlands were drained to form grasslands for cattle.

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6. www.bunkhistory.org › resources › how-the-us-almostHow the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers

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   May 30, 2023 · When the animals were good and fat (on average, hippos weigh between 3,000 and 9,920 pounds), farmers could take their inventory to slaughter, revitalizing America’s low-cost meat supply. But hippo meat, or “lake cow bacon,” as the New York Times called it, would be just the start.

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   Are hippopotamuses clogging California Aqueduct?

   • Working with state water officials, UC Davis scientists last month released a herd or “bloat” of hippopotamuses from Botswana to chow down on vast mats of water hyacinth that also threaten to clog the intake to the California Aqueduct near Stockton. Water hyacinth in Delta.

   Exotic animals deployed as Delta ‘weed whackers’ - California WaterBlog

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   Could hippo meat be a 'lake Cow Bacon'?

   • When the animals were good and fat (on average, hippos weigh between 3,000 and 9,920 pounds), farmers could take their inventory to slaughter, revitalizing America’s low-cost meat supply. But hippo meat, or “lake cow bacon,” as the New York Times called it, would be just the start.

   How the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers

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   Did hippopotamus ranching solve a national meat shortage?

   • In the early years of the last century, the U.S. Congress considered a bold and ingenious plan that would simultaneously solve two pressing problems -- a national meat shortage and a growing ecological crisis. The plan was this: hippopotamus ranching.

   The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America - WIRED

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   What would hippo meat taste like if the Hippo bill was passed?

   • Irwin, for his part, testified that hippo meat tasted like a “combination of pork and beef.” If the Hippo Bill were passed, no American, whatever their socioeconomic status, would ever have to eat a meatless meal again.

   How the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers

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   Do Hippo poop?

   • Hippos may not spend much time eating while in the water, but they do poop prolifically—an activity that creates an ecological threat as weighty as the one Broussard was trying to solve in the first place. Hippo waste adds to water’s nutritional load, propelling the overgrowth of algae while simultaneously killing native plants and fish.

   How the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers

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   Are hippos grazing in Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel?

   • Coast guard crews keep close watch on the pod of hippos grazing in and around the weed-infested Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard

   Exotic animals deployed as Delta ‘weed whackers’ - California WaterBlog

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8. ahistoryofbadideas.substack.com › p › the-peculiarThe Peculiar Plan to Bring Wild Hippos to the USA - Substack

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Each year, a single hippo can dump more than 1,650 pounds of carbon and other nutrients into the water—and it does so mainly by pooping, says Jonathan Shurin, an ecologist at the University of California, San Diego.”