[HN Gopher] American Hippopotamus
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       American Hippopotamus
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2023-05-15 16:45 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (magazine.atavist.com)
        
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       | Ilverin wrote:
       | llm summary
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       | The article tells the story of how two former spies and enemies,
       | Frederick Russell Burnham and Fritz Duquesne, joined forces to
       | promote the idea of importing hippos from Africa to Louisiana in
       | 1910. Their plan was to solve the Meat Question, a crisis of meat
       | supply and demand in America, and also to get rid of the invasive
       | water hyacinths that were choking the rivers. They had the
       | support of a Louisiana congressman, Robert Broussard, who
       | introduced a bill to fund their project. The article explores the
       | historical context, the personalities, and the motivations of the
       | main characters, as well as the challenges and opposition they
       | faced. It also examines the cultural and ecological implications
       | of their proposal, which was ultimately rejected by Congress.
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       | my question to llm: why did they want to kill each other?
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       | answer: They wanted to kill each other because they were spies on
       | opposite sides of the Second Boer War in South Africa. Burnham
       | was an American who fought for the British Empire, while Duquesne
       | was a Boer who fought for the independence of his people. They
       | had several encounters and attempts to assassinate each other
       | during the war, but none succeeded
        
       | kunalgupta wrote:
       | fascinating. At first i wasn't sure if this was a fan fic fantasy
       | rewrite of american history concocted by gpt4, but it seems that
       | this is not fake news: hippos were really the vision to MAGA once
       | upon a time
       | 
       | https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/
        
       | Sniffnoy wrote:
       | (2013)
        
       | SideburnsOfDoom wrote:
       | Related to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35945777
        
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