Pepijn

Would you be more likely to visit Scotland as a tourist if Tourism Scotland released a bunch of hippos in and around Loch Ness?

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Please boost for scientific accuracy.

#Scotland #tourism

Yes, totally. This would be a reason to visit.
24.6%
Neutral. It would not influence my decision.
23.4%
No. This would be a reason to not visit the place.
52%
Poll ended at .
Feb 7, 2025 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadPepijnFeb 7, 2025

I'm now worried a lot of people misread hippos as hippies.

That'll screw with the poll :(

Show threadPeterFeb 7, 2025

@Pepijn
If it helps, this correction post is how I was introduced to the poll in the first place.

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It does not help.

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Show threadDavidFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn now hold on just a minute....
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn do you know how scary those beasts are
Show threadPepijnFeb 7, 2025
@venite They're super cute in cartoons.
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn ze kunnen 45 km per uur rennen, zijn territoriaal, en ze bijten
Show threadPepijnFeb 7, 2025

@venite ok ok.. daarom doen we het ook op een eiland en niet op het vasteland!

45km per uur, territoriaal en bijten doen mij trouwens denken aan de buurman van mijn ouders. Een altijd boze hoogbejaarde man met een Canto wagentje.

Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn goals
Show threadVincent 🌻🇪🇺 en 🌹☘️Feb 7, 2025
@Pepijn @venite Een echte Canto Obstinato dus
Show threadSaule, anar en MoussesFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn @venite emphasis on IN CARTOONS.
Show threadNot a Spring OnionFeb 7, 2025

@Pepijn

Introducing foreign animals could severely disrupt the local ecosystem, which seems already to be under threat (see the decreased number of sightings of the Loch Ness monster in the last few years).

Show threadEd DaviesFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn As somebody who visited near Loch Ness today I'd, on balance, having given the matter quite a bit of thought, think I'm possibly tending towards the idea that, all things considered, I'd just about rather that they did fucking not introduce the most dangerous-to-humans animal in Africa here.
Show threadPepijnFeb 7, 2025

@edavies So we write you down as a "maybe"?

:-D

Show threadEd DaviesFeb 7, 2025

@Pepijn

* most dangerous-to-humans except for humans and mosquitoes.

Show threadLisa GaudetteFeb 7, 2025
@Pepijn Hippos kill more humans than any other wild mammal.
Show threadTerraFeb 8, 2025
@Pepijn I would love to visit Scotland, hippos or no hippos, but hippos in Loch Ness would be weird, and there’s an appeal there.
Show threadMacCruiskeenFeb 8, 2025
@Pepijn it’s Loch Ness, so you coul tell people there were hippos and they would see them even if they weren’t there.