Nigerian Civil War Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

What happened to the people trapped on the island with hippos?

[jimmy olsen]

Given how Hippos behave, probably dead.

[Ed Anger]

#fatgirlslivesmatter

[derspiess]

Given how Hippos behave, probably dead.

Dang.  They have enough problems to deal with without hippo attacks.  Glad we killed them off here before they got out of control.

[Eddie Teach]

Were there once hippos in North America?

They'd probably have been killed off anyway. We only tolerate dangerous animals in the wild when they're the kind that learns to keep away from us.

[derspiess]

Were there once hippos in North America?

  No. 

[The Brain]

Were there once hippos in North America?

There are now.

[HVC]

Were there once hippos in North America?

  No. 

there was a weird plan back on the depression to farm hippos in the south. Don't know if they got any test farms going before the plan fell apart

[Agelastus]

Apparently there is, now, a small population of wild hippos in South America.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27905743

Will Derspeiss be heading south to kill them off before they get out of control?

[Malthus]

Were there once hippos in North America?

They'd probably have been killed off anyway. We only tolerate dangerous animals in the wild when they're the kind that learns to keep away from us.

Well ... http://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/

[CountDeMoney]

Hippos are cute, but not to be fucked with.

On the news yesterday
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/fast-hippo-chases-speedboat-in-zambia/

Looked like the hippo needed to make an emergency blow, and damned near got them.

[derspiess]

Apparently there is, now, a small population of wild hippos in South America.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27905743

Will Derspeiss be heading south to kill them off before they get out of control?

Only if they make it as far as Argentina.  MAH LAND

[jimmy olsen]

Their malign influence is spreading

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/13/boko_haram_chad_attacks_spread_to_neighboring_country.html

Boko Haram Killings Reported in Chad for First Time

By Ben Mathis-Lilley

A murderous Friday attack by Boko Haram terrorists on a village in the country of Chad is "the first known lethal attack in that country by the Nigerian militant group," Reuters says:

    Dozens of militants arrived by motorized canoe at the fishing village on the shores of Lake Chad early in the morning, setting houses ablaze and attacking a police station.

    "They came on board three pirogues and succeeded in killing about ten people before being pushed back by the army," said a resident of the village of Ngouboua, about 20 km (12 miles) east of the Nigerian border, to which thousands of Nigerian refugees had fled in early January after an attack on the town of Baga.

Boko Haram has been increasingly active in border areas in recent months, drawing forces from Chad and Cameroon into battle. Here's the layout of those countries (Lake Chad is at the top of the map):


At least 31 people were killed by terror attacks in Nigeria proper this week, and a planned election—in which ineffective president Goodluck Jonathan's main challenger is former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari—has been postponed by six weeks. (Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writing in The Atlantic, called the postponement "a flailing act of desperation from an incumbent terrified of losing.")

Ben Mathis-Lilley edits the Slatest. Follow @Slatest on Twitter.

[The Brain]

I'm writing in the chair.

[Valmy]

Why did the world ignore Baga attacks?”

What is the appropriate response?  Drone strikes?  Ineffectual hand-wringing.