I read a clip one time that claimed that all of the carp in this country came from a single breeding pair that was imported from Germany in 1918. The author claimed that the idea was: fish farming would work to produce an abundant food source.
He claimed that the pair either escaped or were released, and that the resulting eggs were transported to other locations on ducks feet. Sticky eggs that adhered to the feet of ducks that visited the pond and then flew off to another location, and dropped off as the ducks swam around there. Fiction, or just stranger than truth? We may never know...... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 6:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [VFB] OT: Nile Monitor lizards run amok Oldies but never-the-less Norway Rat Gypsy Moth Elm Bark Beetle Lamprey Starling English Sparrow Brown Trout Ed At 06:56 PM 7/20/03, you wrote: >Yup, > >Add it to the list of "things which don't belong here". It can join the >ranks of: > >Pythons & Boa Constrictors in the Everglades (established populations) >Iguanas >Cuban Anoles >Probably tons of other reptiles >Oscars >Mayan Cichlids >Tilapia >Butterfly Peacock Bass (exception, introduced by the state and I'm happy >they did!) >Snakeheads >Asian eels >Countless other aquarium fish >Melaluca (known to the rest of the world as the tea tree.) >And a ton of other plants >Probably a bunch of insects >I hear reports of Monkeys >Probably birds too. > >Ginger, Jerry, Chuck, Scott - what else did I miss? That was the stuff >just off of my head. > >;-> > >Ken > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Wes Wada >Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [VFB] OT: Nile Monitor lizards run amok > >Hello Florida! > >photo: ><img >src="http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/Africa2000/ >Nile%20Monitor%20Lizard%2bweb.jpg"> > >article: ><http://www.msnbc.com/news/941171.asp?0cv=CB20> > >comment: ><http://members.tripod.com/~clarasroad/monitor.html>
