The story of Pepe, a #hippopotamus from #Colombian drug lord #PabloEscobar’s private zoo, inspired #Dominican#FilmDirector Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias to make a #film reflecting on the impact of #colonialism, he said. The #hippo, one of many wild animals kept on Escobar’s private estate, escaped into the surrounding countryside and lived there for many years after the drug lord’s death in 1993.
“Pablo Escobar’s Multiplying ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Will Be Sterilized in #Colombia
The country’s #hippo population has grown to about 170, and officials warn it could reach 1,000 individuals by 2035 if left uncontrolled”
Hippo Ballerina at One Dag NYC #Photography by Debra Martz
Just one of many amazing arts seen while walking around Mid-Manhattan. There were 3 bronze ballerinas, 2 hippos & 1 rhino, outside the entrance to One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near the United Nations Plaza.
#FrogFriday: a collection of tiny temple #frogs from #AncientEgypt, “Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1-2(?), c. 3100-2675 BCE, reportedly from Abydos” - bonus tiny faience #hippo and #pig in the back. Brooklyn Museum case.
It took me 20 seconds to plop a hippopotamus next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Adobe has built its Firefly generative AI tool straight into Photoshop, and it's a big deal. The beta is out today.