WI:Hippos in America?

They were imported to Columbia by one of the Drug lords and escaped into the local river. I haven't heard how they are doing for several years.
There's supposed to be about 50-70 as of 2018, and National Geographic has predicted that number will double in the next decade.
 
If hippos are introduced could we see other animals introduced to the Americas?

Perhaps ostriches Komodo dragon and maybe even a kangaroo
Kangaroos could become serious pests. They're capable of breeding up to three times as fast as other mammals of similar size, and have quite a flexible diet.

In Australia their population size is mostly limited by a combination of periodic droughts and human hunting. The first of those would be largely irrelevant in the USA, so it would be either lots of human hunting or kangaroos everywhere.
 
Kangaroos could become serious pests. They're capable of breeding up to three times as fast as other mammals of similar size, and have quite a flexible diet.

In Australia their population size is mostly limited by a combination of periodic droughts and human hunting. The first of those would be largely irrelevant in the USA, so it would be either lots of human hunting or kangaroos everywhere.

Kangaroos in Kansas sounds like it could be a fun timeline

I wonder how tigers and lions would fare
 
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