American Hippo bill
House Resolution 23261, also known as the "American Hippo bill", was a bill introduced by Representative Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana in 1910 to authorize the importation and release of hippopotamus into the bayous of the state.[1][2]
Overview
Broussard argued the hippos would eat the invasive
US Congress.[2]
In popular culture
Author Sarah Gailey's River of Teeth series depicts an alternate history United States in which the American Hippo bill was passed.[7]
References
- from the original on 17 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Mooallem, John (2013). American Hippopotamus. New York: The Atavist. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ISSN 0028-9604. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ ISSN 0036-8733.
- ISBN 978-1-879356-32-0.
- ^ "Lake Cow Bacon". The New York Times. 12 April 1910.
- ISBN 978-1-250-17643-1.
Further reading
- Ratliff, Evan, ed. (2016). Love and Ruin: Tales of Obsession, Danger, and Heartbreak from The Atavist Magazine. Introduction by Susan Orlean. ISBN 978-0393352719.
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