http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040514/ap_on_sc/alien_fish
"ROCKVILLE, Md. - A second northern snakehead has been
caught by a fisherman in the Potomac River, Maryland
officials said, a sign that the destructive alien
species may have invaded the Washington area's largest
river....
"The discovery comes nearly a week after a fisherman
caught a similar sized snakehead May 7 in a small
tidal creek near Mount Vernon, Va., just across the
river from Fort Washington. That has led state
environmental officials to worry that the voracious
fish that can destroy an ecosystem and live out of
water may be spawning in the Potomac....
"One snakehead was caught in a Wheaton lake earlier
this year and thousands were discovered in a Crofton
pond in 2002. The Wheaton lake was drained and
declared snakehead free while the Crofton pond was
poisoned to kill the fish. But it would be impossible
to use those kind of control methods in the Potomac, a
large river that forms the border between Virginia and
Maryland and flows into the Chesapeake Bay....
"Native to China, snakeheads are voracious predators,
sitting on the top of the food chain and devouring
smaller fish. They are considered a delicacy in some
Asian countries, and were often sold in Asian markets
or kept in tanks by collectors. They are harmless to
humans...."
I bet Zimmie is sorry he's missing out on the great
cicada outbreak of the East - he sure had fun with
with the local variety last summer. He'd catch one,
hold it in his open mouth, and shake it to make it
buzz - one of the sillier things I've seen a cat do.
:)
Debbi
*How* Many Hit Points From That Hummingbird Attack!? Maru
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