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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 · 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...

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.

3. www.thelandbetween.ca › 2020 › 12HIPPO: The Greatest Threat to Biodiversity - The Land Between

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   Dec 1, 2020 · This influx of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere directly impacts air and water quality, and therefore the health of individual species. It also significantly contributes to the effects of Climate Change.

4. www.agweb.com › news › businessMeat 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.

5. 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.”

6. roaring.earth › lake-cow-bacon-how-america-onceWe Once Tried to Import Hippos to America… For Food

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   Sep 28, 2021 · A massive population explosion combined with overgrazed farmland resulted in skyrocketing beef prices as farmers scrambled to keep up with the demand. Meanwhile, waterways in the South were overgrown with water hyacinth, an invasive species from Japan that was becoming increasingly problematic.

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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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   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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   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

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   Would hippos be tamed?

   • Irwin and Broussard answered both queries with an emphatic yes. Yes, hippos would be easily tamed. Yes, they would be fenced in, living safely on five- or six-acre waterfront farms. Yes, hippos would relish dining on water hyacinths.

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

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   What if a tank-like hippos escaped?

   • Tank-like hippos would be difficult to keep from busting through fences on family farms. As one of the deadliest animals in the world, killing an estimated 500 people per year, hippos would pose an extreme threat if they escaped.

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

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

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   Jan 10, 2024 · To meet meat demand, meatpackers increased supply, grazing lands became feedlots, and wetlands were drained to form grasslands for cattle. Following the defeat, Burnham went on to prevent an assassin from shooting President William Howard Taft.