Posted on 07/26/2018 9:11:45 AM PDT by ETL
A young girl in Oklahoma said she snagged a “weird” catch over the weekend, reeling in a fish bearing “human-like” teeth.
Kennedy Smith, 11, was on a fishing trip at Fort Cobb Lake with her grandparents and brother on Sunday and got “really excited” when she hooked the fish on her line, she told The Associated Press.
But to Smith’s surprise, her grandmother was bitten by the animal while she was trying to take out the hook.
"I was confused because I knew that fish with teeth are not normal. It was weird," Smith told the outlet. "They were human-like and that made it even weirder."
Turns out that the strange looking creature was a Pacu, Caddo County Game Warden Tyler Howser told The Associated Press.
“I've actually caught one myself,” Howser said. “As soon as I saw (it) I said ‘I know what that is.’” ..."
Officials said the toothy creature likely got into the lake after first being bought as a pet and then getting released once it became too big.
Pacu are considered an invasive species that can destroy the native Oklahoma fish ecosystem and habitat, so the fish Kennedy caught was taken by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and destroyed.
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An article in USA Today noted the appearance of a pacu fish in Tuscon’s Silverbell Lake. The fisherman who reported the sighting (and biting) had no idea what he was looking at, but knew that the fish was trying to bite him and that the fish had a very big set of human-like teeth.
I think almost anyone would have freaked out at the sight, unless the fish was in its native habitat.
It was a spokesperson from the Arizona Game and Fish Department in Tucson who identified the fish as a pacu, a native of the Amazonian rivers and a relative of the famous, and deadly, piranha. He said that the fish had likely been a pet that outgrew its tank so the owners brought it to the lake where it could survive.
Like other pet pacus that have been found away from their native waters in lakes and rivers from Russia, to Europe, to North America, pacus might survive for awhile in cold waters, but the local fish probably won’t. If the pacu doesn’t have vegetation to munch on, it will eat what is available, endangering the natural fish species in those waters.
As for “human” teeth, the notion is anthropomorphic. In fact, according to evolutionary biologists, fish had specialized dentition long before humans did. So, perhaps we should say humans have fish teeth!
As for humans catching an unwitting pacu, it has been done, but it’s more likely that the pacu will catch you. In other words, it’s advisable not to even try to catch one, but instead you should call your local fish and game department.
http://petslady.com/article/pacu-fish-coming-lake-near-you-big-human-teeth
LOL! (NOT for real!)
Oklahoma girl catches fish with ‘human-like’ teeth
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Of course the girl has human-like teeth.
Now who in the hell would put their choppers in there?
ROF!
Commonly known as a “derpfish”.
“Oklahoma girl catches fish with ‘human-like’ teeth”
She caught the fish in her (‘human-like’) teeth.
I read the headline as it it were saying that the girl herself had “human-like teeth” (I’d hope, at least) and used her teeth to catch the fish.
Bagster
Either that, or she’s using teeth for bait, but that doesn’t make any sense.
How do you breathe when fishing with your teeth?
The real question is how did she catch a fish with her teeth
use your teeth for bait just above the waterline- make the fish work for their delectable teeth treet
Another “pet” invasive species released into a lake.
Worded in such a way many will probably initially think it meant she caught the fish with her own teeth. Maybe try:
Oklahoma girl catches fish that has 'human-like' teeth
Did someone lose the false teeth? LOL
We can only hope that fish has a hankering for Chinese carp.
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