Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14100322)

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14100506)

So, Donger looks at the list of countries that he'll never visit, and adds donkey-****ing Colombia to the list.

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 14100655)

I was curious how hippopotomi became druglords in Columbia.....

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 14100438)

I wonder how they'd do. Our swamps and rivers seem to have more stuff to get tangled up in than the little bit that I've seen in Africa.

It makes me think about how size is not a particular advantage any more. 20,000 years ago, big cavemen beat up smaller cavemen, and hippos went wherever they wanted. Today, a big guy is just a bigger target for a bullet, and we can identify invasive hippos but can't seem to control invasive zebra mussels.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14100506)

So, Donger looks at the list of countries that he'll never visit, and adds donkey-****ing Colombia to the list.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14100269)

They don't know how to stop it? I'm fairly sure this would work.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-06-2015/ouvlpR.gif

They might want to up the caliber a bit, though.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14100303)

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-ar...dliest-animals

The fifteen most dangerous animals to humans:

15. Sharks (6 deaths per year)
14. Wolves (10 deaths per year)
13. Lions (22+ deaths per year)
12. Elephants (500 deaths per year)
11. Hippos (500 deaths per year)
10. Tapeworms (700 deaths per year)
9. Crocodiles (1,000 deaths per year)
8. Ascaris roundworms (4,500 deaths per year)
7. Tsetse flies (10,000 deaths per year)
6. Assassin bugs (12,000 deaths per year)
5. Freshwater snails (20,000+ deaths per year)
4. Dogs (35,000 deaths per year)
3. Snakes (100,000 deaths per year)
2. Other humans (437,000 deaths per year)
1. Mosquitoes (750,000 deaths per year)

Sharks apparently get a bad rap. I'm still not going in the water, though. DAMN YOU SPIELBERG! :cuss:

Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 14100768)

I don't exactly trust this list....water buffalo and cattle kill quite a few people each year.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14100776)

Hell, I'd think American buffalo would be higher on the list than sharks. I remember topping a hill in Yellowstone and having to lock up my brakes because of the big stupid bastards was standing right in the middle of the road. Missed it by about a foot. They're thick as flies in certain parts of the Black Hills, too. They are foul-tempered and dangerous. I remember hearing from people who worked in Custer State Park being trapped in their homes because of them.

Had they actually been hunted to extinction, I wouldn't give two shits about it.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14100729)

Rampaging hippos aside, it's actually improved a great deal from the cartel days. I have a cousin who has retired there because he can live comfortably on his pension. He and his wife have actually lived in Medellín for several years now, and seem to really enjoy it. I should add that he is also a bit nuts, but to each their own.

It used to be that Colombia was the dangerous hellhole and Venezuela was nice. The worm has definitely turned in that regard.

Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 14100791)

They damn near were. The American government tried to hunt them to extinction to exterminate Native Americans.

I've read estimates that there were once 65 million bison in America. That's insane.