An undated handout image of a bigheaded carp. Fish that leap into passing boats may be a fisherman's fantasy, but scientists fear that hyperactive Asian carp will reach the U.S. Great Lakes, devour the base of the food chain, and spoil drinking water for 40 million people. REUTERS/Handout
offer a bounty on em
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Surely it is this crisis that will destroy us all.
I had road rage in the pool, and my brother had El Nino. I almost picked shark attacks.
Any losers out there still holding on to their Y2K tickets?
More illegal immigrants...fish this time....
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I doubt that the original handout was so emotionally charge. Such writing avoids a clear statement of the problem, so you have to accept on faith the proposed solution, which is give lots of money to pseudo-scientists claiming to be ecologists.
(In my lifetime the once exciting and exacting study of ecological systems has degenerated to pseudo-science.)
OMG - we are all gonna die!
The dire consequences from the carp's arrival may serve another purpose: publicizing the global issue of invasive species that cost hundreds of billions of dollars to fight.
Public outrage that followed the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland in 1969 spurred passage of the U.S. Clean Water Act.
Oh, never mind....it is just more environazi fear mongering.
What does the Hildabest's picture have to do with the story?
Sheesh, even their fish can't drive.
Perhaps Global Warming will be the death of these fish?!
I saw a program about these carp yesterday. These fish appear unnatural when you see literally thousands of them flying out of the water every time a boat passes.
They are the definition of an invasive species, and will likely not be stoppable by man.
those fish are fun to after, good fight
Are they edible?
Feed the homeless. Give 'em a boat. No need to teach 'em to fish. No excuses.
"Why should we have to eat CARP!"
"It's DEGRADING!"
"Closure!"
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"But scientists believe the carp, which escaped lagoons in Arkansas during late 1990s flooding, could set off an ecological collapse in the lakes, ruining the primarily recreational $5 billion fishery and posing a threat to water quality for millions of people.
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"The leaping fish are silver carp that jump haphazardly when alarmed by passing boats and have injured boaters, some of whom have taken up garbage can lids as shields."
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Since the late '90's, those carp from Arkansas have been jumping around and threatening and violating the somewhat still, calm waters of America.
And the sheilds ?
Our own Viking Kitties come to mind.
FYI..This past Sunday's PBS "Nature" had a show which showed this...the scientists studying the fish have determined that the react to a very slight electric current by jumping..that's how they study the fish population..they showed them hitting the switch, then the lake literaly exploded with these carp leaping into the air..check your local PBS station..they usually rerun it during the week..
Oh, carp, carp, carp. Sheesh!
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to drive a boat and he will eat carp for a life time.
I recommed Cheney fish with a 28 gauge. The carp don't stand a chance.
Must be time for the untenured con-men to beg for taxpayer grants. Besides, nearly everyone living near the Great Lakes died back in the 1970s from eating the polluted fish. And those who survived will be eaten by alligators migrating north or polar bears heading south to escape global warming.