weeds a day or something. alas manatees are super endangered, so obviously it's impractical to move manatees from florida to stockton. even though the stockton mayor suggested that idea. without the manatees, they have come up with the next best thing. so behold, stockton got hippos instead. this is a photo today from the california water blog, which is an excellent blog. and the california water blog, as you can see in this picture, it shows this pod of hippos that the city of stockton brought in to graze on the weeds around the big industrial port. they brought this herd of hippos from botswana. they have radio tagged them so they don't lose the hippos. they have the coast guard watch over them, and keep people far away. because the hippos don't much like people. other than that, it is apparently working like it is supposed to. hippos love delicious water hyacinths. they're having lovely meals. they're helping stockton with their problem.