{"author_name":"The Mostly Occasionally Show","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-mostly-occasionally-show/episodes/c3628c8f-7101-4552-920d-fd74199ce507","description":"<p>This week on <em>Mostly Occasionally</em>, I catch up with wildlife biologist, TV host, and certified madman Forrest Galante. </p><p>You might know Forrest Galante from his many Discovery Channel and Animal Planet shows, starting with <em>Naked and Afraid</em> back in 2013, where people survive in the jungle with no clothes. Since then, he’s built a career chasing lost species, hosting <em>Extinct or Alive</em>, and turning the public eye toward wildlife conservation in a way that’s actually effective. He’s really damn good at it and has the scars and stories to prove it. </p><p>He just got back from Colombia, where he’s been working hands-on with the government to tackle one of the strangest ecological disasters on Earth: Pablo Escobar’s hippos. What started as a drug kingpin’s exotic pets has exploded into an invasive species crisis, with hundreds of massive, unpredictable animals wreaking havoc on the local ecosystem and neighboring communities.</p><p>We get into:</p><ul>\n<li>The surreal reality of the “cocaine hippos” (yes, that’s a real thing)</li>\n<li>Why it’s not as simple as just shooting them (though Forrest says… maybe it should be?)</li>\n<li>The process of catching, chemically castrating, and relocating 4-ton animals</li>\n<li>Why his production company is literally financing conservation work</li>\n<li>And what the U.S. could learn from Colombia when it comes to wildlife management</li>\n</ul><p>Hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! </p><p><b>Thanks for listening and subscribing to Mostly Occasionally.<br> </b><br><b>↳ </b><a href=\"mailto:brandon@brobible.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email me: brandon@brobible.com<br></a><b>↳ </b><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/brandon.wenerd/\" target=\"_blank\">Follow me on Instagram<br></a><b>↳ </b><a href=\"https://x.com/brandonwenerd\" target=\"_blank\">Follow me on Twitter<br></a><b>↳ </b><a href=\"https://brobible.com/author/brandon-wenerd/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more of my writing on BroBible<br></a><b>↳ </b><a href=\"https://www.brandonwenerd.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about me on my website, brandonwenerd.com </a></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/the-mostly-occasionally-show/episodes/c3628c8f-7101-4552-920d-fd74199ce507/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Forrest Galante: The Wildlife Biologist Taking on Pablo Escobar's Hippos","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}