How the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo Ranchers shared by Jacob Grier

@Jake · May 31, 2023

This would have gone spectacularly badly, but the stories of hippo ranching in Louisiana would have been incredible.

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

In 1910, a failed House bill sought to increase the availability of low-cost meat by importing hippopotamuses that would be killed to make "lake cow bacon"

smithsonianmag.com