A SAVAGE fish that eats everything it comes across, including people, has been hooked by a British fisherman — sparking fears of a deadly invasion. The giant snakehead, originating from South-East Asia, has a mouth crammed with teeth. It’s deadly in the water, but it can also “crawl” on land and survive out of water for up to four days. The discovery of the fish in Linconshire, northern England, has caused widespread panic amongst conservationists and anglers.
An Environment Agency source told the Sun: “The reaction was, ‘Oh s***’. This is the ultimate invasive species – if it starts breeding here it’s a disaster.” Andy Alder caught the snakehead in the River Witham while using a sprat as bait for pike. He told the Sun: “It had a gob full of razor-sharp teeth. To be honest it looked terrifying.” It is believed the fish may have been smuggled in for an aquarium and illegally released.
Holy Carp, …..er Crap!
#20–OFTLO==its been awhile since I had my 8X2X3 foot tank, but I still spend time in aquarium shops–we have several excellent ones here in town. I went thru guppies and goldfish to aquatic plants with amphibians, to fresh water fish that looked like salt water fish. I never went up to salt water as I lost too many fish too often to afford salt water.
That final tank of mine for its last 2-3 years, I specialized in very small fish that would school together. Fun to watch the schooling behavior.
Upshot is==I’ve never seen a snake head fish ever. Is there a different name for it in the retail trade? I never did like fish that ate other fish.
Id like a snakehead burger with calamari fries.
and id like to catch the charlie who put that thing in our water.
#21 – Upshot is==I’ve never seen a snake head fish ever. Is there a different name for it in the retail trade? I never did like fish that ate other fish.
It’s called a snakehead. I managed an aquarium shop for years and sold hundreds of them. The last time I saw one in a pet shop was this past weekend when I visited a pet shop.
They are properly showcased with scats, archers, monos, arrowannas and other southeast Asian fish. But, because they are mean bitches which eat anything they can swallow, they often get tossed in with equally distempered cichlids and such.
Brrrr. It so uggle http://avtoyug.blogspot.com/
the only thing that will come to mind is the Ahhnold quote from “Predator”: You are one ugly motherf*cker.”
I’ve always hated fish. They just look so scary to me, especially fish like this and most deep water fish like anglers.