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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
This is one ugly 19" fish according to the teen who caught it 3 days ago.
pict: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51391-2004Apr28.html In Pine Lake in Wheaton MD where I bike about 5 miles from home but the MD governor has declared an environmental disaster and they are immediately started draining the pond. The Northern Snakehead WAS (it's now banned) imported live from Korea and Japan for food and can grow to 40". In a similar fiasco 2 years ago in another pond in Croften MD, 20 miles from here,they poisoned all the fish and found hundreds of dead baby Snakehead fish. It's also mean. A park worker passed by and it jumped and left bite marks on the toe of his steel toed shoes. Also it can crawl on land from one stream to another and can live up to 3 days out of water. It'll eat all the native fish in a pond. I walked over to see the operation and saw satallite feed cameras from 4 TV stations, 2 600 gpm pumps, and a lot of officials standing around. No jokes heard about "draining the swamp while up to your ass in alligators." But it was reported the county chief said " It might eat your picnic lunch then your pets and keep going." So far they only found one Snakehead but it's a 4 yr old female with nonfertile ? eggs. LOL John in MD |
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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
John Webb wrote:
This is one ugly 19" fish according to the teen who caught it 3 days ago. pict: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51391-2004Apr28.html Gotta look for a better picture, but I doubt the thing will be any prettier. In Pine Lake in Wheaton MD where I bike about 5 miles from home but the MD governor has declared an environmental disaster and they are immediately started draining the pond... When the kids were little we took them to a wonderful huge park in Wheaton. The thing I most remember was a slide that was just a big sheet of shiny aluminum or stainless steel perhaps 15'x8' and you could slide any direction you wanted besides the fall line. Lots of other cool stuff that I can't remember, and a little train. Is it still a wonderful park, or has it been mansionized? -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------ There are 10 types of geek in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
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The Real Bev wrote: John Webb wrote: This is one ugly 19" fish according to the teen who caught it 3 days ago. pict: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51391-2004Apr28.html Gotta look for a better picture, but I doubt the thing will be any prettier. They grow up to be called Giant Snakeheads- http://tinyurl.com/ytgfo I'm amazed that people will go to that much trouble to pull a fish out of the water, look at it, and throw it back in. If you eat it it's even more disgusting. Skiing is much better and far more sensible. You ride up to the top of a mountain, you slide down to the bottom, and then you do it again. It has a PURPOSE! In Pine Lake in Wheaton MD where I bike about 5 miles from home but the MD governor has declared an environmental disaster and they are immediately started draining the pond... When the kids were little we took them to a wonderful huge park in Wheaton. The thing I most remember was a slide that was just a big sheet of shiny aluminum or stainless steel perhaps 15'x8' and you could slide any direction you wanted besides the fall line. Lots of other cool stuff that I can't remember, and a little train. Is it still a wonderful park, or has it been mansionized? http://tinyurl.com/2mgyc Thank you, Taku. Very nice. Makes up for the snakeheads. -- Cheers, Bev xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Once you've provoked a few people into publicly swearing they are going to hunt you down and kill you, the thrill wears off." -Elric of Imrryr |
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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
In article , The Real Bev
wrote: tm wrote: The Real Bev wrote: John Webb wrote: This is one ugly 19" fish according to the teen who caught it 3 days ago. pict: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51391-2004Apr28.html Gotta look for a better picture, but I doubt the thing will be any prettier. They grow up to be called Giant Snakeheads- http://tinyurl.com/ytgfo I'm amazed that people will go to that much trouble to pull a fish out of the water, look at it, and throw it back in. If you eat it it's even more disgusting. Skiing is much better and far more sensible. You ride up to the top of a mountain, you slide down to the bottom, and then you do it again. It has a PURPOSE! Thanks for the url. That's it - can grow to about 40 inches. This one is a Northern Snakehead which can live in cold climates where one might find ski areas. The other Snakehead only lives in tropical areas. In Pine Lake in Wheaton MD where I bike about 5 miles from home but the MD governor has declared an environmental disaster and they are immediately started draining the pond... When the kids were little we took them to a wonderful huge park in Wheaton. The thing I most remember was a slide that was just a big sheet of shiny aluminum or stainless steel perhaps 15'x8' and you could slide any direction you wanted besides the fall line. Lots of other cool stuff that I can't remember, and a little train. Is it still a wonderful park, or has it been mansionized? http://tinyurl.com/2mgyc Yep. That's Wheaton Rregional Park. Pine Lake, home of the snakehead, is in the center of the park just outside of and drains into Brookside Gardens. Bev this is the same park with lots of neat stuff for kids such as the miniature train. Few changes in years other than additions of an indoor year around ice rink, a tennis bubble and a rink for summer rollerblade hockey (in the former outdoor ice rink). Most of the hiking and bike trails are dirt. The second URL is maintained by my next door neighbors office. Thanks, tm, for the good links. Being a fish from asia I'd expect you could order one for dinner in restaurants in Japan. John in MD |
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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
On Sat, 01 May 2004 18:33:20 -0700, The Real Bev
wrote this crap: I'm amazed that people will go to that much trouble to pull a fish out of the water, look at it, and throw it back in. If you eat it it's even more disgusting. Skiing is much better and far more sensible. You ride up to the top of a mountain, you slide down to the bottom, and then you do it again. It has a PURPOSE! So does eating fish, dumbass. Oh. I didn't get the sarcasm at first. My T-shirt says, "This shirt is the ultimate power in the universe." |
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gemostein, batman, it's the Snakehead!
On Sun, 02 May 2004 01:22:49 -0400, (John Webb) wrote
this crap: Thanks for the url. That's it - can grow to about 40 inches. This one is a Northern Snakehead which can live in cold climates where one might find ski areas. The other Snakehead only lives in tropical areas. Can those northern one survive a winter in a frozen lake? My T-shirt says, "This shirt is the ultimate power in the universe." |
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