Hippos in the Delta?

http://californiawaterblog.com

That's awesome!

Check the blog post date....

Wouldn't want to be in a yak around a bunch of hippos.  Those things can be aggressive.

Keep Rich away from the Delta ... he might want to fill his tag on Manatee's & Hippo's

That's awesome!

Check the blog post date....

Someone sent me a link and I haven't read it yet. Let me guess, April 1st?

That's a great story.

"Coast Guard Commander Quinton McHale on PT73"   "Terry Drinkwater, spokesman for the California Department of Water Resources"  so much win in there

 Few more potentially invasive species, why not. I heard those rodents are good eating. Taste like chicken

Have they listed pros and cons of introducing these guys? those ear tags do come off. Hippos arn't cows. Good luck to them  interns rounding them up.lol

  that's awesome!!!!!

"adding these “four-legged locusts” to the state’s arsenal of pesticide spraying boats and mechanical waterweed harvesters will likely boost the state’s water supply during this fourth year of severe drought"

Glad to see there finding alternatives to those annoying pesticide spraying boats and waterweed harvesters that always get in our way

Im not worried, I learned how to take care of hippos on the Disneyland safari boat ride when I was a kid.

That's awesome!

Check the blog post date....

... and horribly Photoshopped pictures.

In all seriousness, introducing manatees to the CA Delta as a means to control water hyacinth has been proposed before but it was concluded that they wouldn't tolerate the winter water temps as well as posing boater safety concerns.

.... plus it would be yet another invasive species wizzin' in the Delta (the first being water lice, spring breakers)

Imagine one of them coming up on your fish finder....

I've seen things I cannot explain before in deep water out in the canyon.