don't get caught with a live one in a home tank. they still havent figured out how they got here. you could be banned from ever owning pets again to fines to even jail time depending on what state you live in.
you say they are invasive but people just dont know how to take care of them i had one for years and it finally died. i need to find somewhere i can buy another. if you know where i can get one email me at d_rock0982@yahoo.com thank you
dont say this is snakehead man youre wrong this is called giant snakehead and in malaysian language giant snakehead is called TOMAN and snakehead is called HARUAN and malaysians Eat HARUAN and pet TOMAN because TOMAN is Damn Fierce and they can eat big fishes..
invasive species?..aren't humans the most invasive?..i mean,we even dream about invading outer space one day with our rockets n colonizing onto other planets.
We had one of these when I was a kid, when they were readily available at pet stores in the midwest. It's an incredible predator and grows very fast. We learned about its proclivity for leaving the water when we found it dried out on the floor one day. It had to push its way out of a closed tank.
It was a few years later when we heard about them being a threat to the ecosystem. In truth, we were too far north for it to go native but I can see why you wouldn't want to introduce these.
Look on the bright side invasive fish like the snakehead,walking catfish,gars, etc will have a higher chance of their species to survive extinctions, and within 1,000 years they can become sub species that are only found in the place were there ancestors were introduced. Of course there are going to be casualties to this but remember Homo Sapiens.
cant be mad at the fish , do you think the fish had some eveil plan to leve its native home and come here,, you can only blame the people who let them go in our waters,, they should get big truble if not go to jail,,, for the right person this would be a great pet, i would love to own one.
the dec should ban idiots that release snake heads in the local lakes. theyre more harmful then those snake heads alone. these creatures are awsum pets and give us fish tank heads sumthing to have pride about since there so agresive and beautiful. baning them is taking it a bit to far. how ab out simply aresting ppl for releasin them and making the punishment very high so that ppl wont dare risk it. if you told ppl that they would be shot at location for releasing the fish. i doubt theyd do it.
Hope you all like having Snakeheads destroying your native fish in your rivers and lakes..Cause thats why the legislation is in place so that does not happen.. same thing will Asian carp they just destroy the local environment systems..I don't know about you but i like the ability for my family and friends to be able to enjoy going in the water and not having to worry about getting bit by one of these non-native species..In no way is a snakehead practically harmless..
The ban goes too far becouse there is only a couple out of about 30 species that can even survive here. You make sound like every fish enthuseist that desiers to keep one of these fish an irresponsable moron, this is not true, and besides that the people who would release them in the first place will most likely ignore the law anyway and get one. I support the ban on the the norhtern snakehead, but the less hardy tropacal species should be avalable, it works in the UK.
lets use those big words... i do have no problem with people having them as pets. but the problem is that how do you regulate irresponsible pet owners?
never heard of a snakehead biting anyone must be those wonderful hollywood movies about snakeheads. anyuway enjoy your nightmares about one biting you. They are wonderful sport fish and it looks like you may get to find how and why soon enough.
i dont know much of snakeheads but my snakehead survived about 24 hours on my floor, it was stuck to it so i had to water around it to get it of the floor... i know that becous my mom didnt dare to pick it up when i was away...soooo yeah it CAN survive pretty long on land...ps..the beast still lives, check my vid its the one there
Extremely hardy even in the worst water condition & got nasty bites! DON'T WALK but slither like eels when on dry land. Nat Geo & Maryland scientists had preposterous reports, snakehead walked on dry land & survived 4days out of water, using insecticide poisoning entire lake killing more fishes than snakeheads! Failed to consider repercussion of such action thinking the results are inconsequential. Lakes lead to sea & effects maybe accumulatively disastrous with like-minded irresponsible people.
Good shot! Alot ignorant fools are mislead by outrageous reports that northern snakehead can live outa water for 3days? LOL! Even walked on land? Those are idiots i tell u...i caught 4 of them, 1st fish died the moment i landed the 4th fish. Max they survived few hours on land AND they definately can't walk on land! So called scientist really made themselve look retard publishing irresponsible reports. Haha! These are aggressive fish by nature & yes they deliver nasty bites. Comparable to pikes!
they're illegal because they're misunderstood. idiots like retroooo191 exagerrate the facts about this fish causing the government to overreact and ban them from the US. these dumbasses just judge them and have never even taken a chance to raise one.
Snakehead is an invase species from ASIA. It destroys entire ecosystems by feeding on large amounts of smaller fish such as perch and sunfish, which in turn leaves the larger fish like pike and muskie with little to eat, and all in all destroys. I saw one of these fish in my marina and it took down a duck.
well did u know they also pay back the food they eat? snakeheads mate up to 5 times a year and make up to 150k baby snakeheads. most of them are then eaten by bigger fishes as a replacement of food eaten by adult snakeheads. do some research before u start acting like an idiot. stop reading the fucking tabloids and start paying attention to some real facts before u make an ass of yourself.
There are plenty of people who do know what happens. Just because you don't doesn't mean it's ok to be releasing invasive species into the wild. Invasives do all sorts of damage all over the world. Do a little research before posting stupid comments.
who the hell was talking about releasing snakeheads? if i had one i would keep it. im a responsible fish keeper so dont asume that anyone who owns a snakehead would just throw it out like that. northerns are far less agressive than the tropical kinds( the kind in the video "snakehead vs big ass bass"). king snakeheads can kill native species, but guess what. they die in our cold climate water. only northern snakeheads can survive but they're much less harmful to the native fish. u dont know shit
the DEC is a bunch of idiots who cant even tell the difference between any fish species. its their responsibility to take care of them but instead, they poison lakes and ponds just to try getting rid of something pratically harmless. instead, they kill more natives than snakeheads do. im sure u must be one of those idiots
the dumbass DEC wanna ban everything. they were harassing a guy and his harmless 10year old snakehead. those idiots are trying to ban the lionfish because some dumbass kid hurt himself by touching one.
eah that 10 year old snake head story was by me, i believe they gave him a partial pardon but tehy still wanna kill his fish by freezing it to death. They banned snapping turtles over hear as well, which is dumb because there are plenty of snapping turtles 5 blocks away from me in the lake.
they're gonna ban everything in the end. they think about all the negativity of just about everything. u shouldnt give out info about banned fish near your lakes. watch out in case some dumbass tries to poison that lake like they do everywhere. in california, they tried to blow up a pond just to get rid of a few pikes.
hahahah holy shit, for pikes? pikes are legal to own here, tehre is no snake heads by me in the wild, just snapping turtles but snapping turtles are just illegal to own no illegal to live here, its very weird. On top of that we arn't allowed to own any pythons here either or any constricting snakes that get somewhat big.
No but you clearly don't fully understand the isuues here and so whatever you say is pretty irrelavant. And what's with the attitude? Do you always get this angry at comments on youtube?... Kind of dumb when you think about it.
i guess u dont read what i type or u dont wanna admit that i may be right. and of course everyone gets an attitude when they're arguing with someone. kinda dumb when u talk about it.
@geckoadventure yeah thats true i had that thing in my head from a year ago we are the worse invasive spiecies in the world we've destroyed evrey thing all those good will thingy's like save the wales and stuff most of them we've caused so the world would be a lot beter of without the humans but you know wath i love life and my friends and family
when it swims everything they find they kill and there from thailand this dude ask for some and cook them it's jsut some superstition if u eat the soup of it it make su feel better and crap but then the person that gave the dude the snakehead he had to much so he put it in a pond and tha femile snakehead grew 150,000 babies 1 female provides 150,000 babies
i did not know it was illegal to have these fish in NJ i have 3 in my tank right now. they are friendly and i can put my hand on them inside the tank......until feeding time lol here come the goldfish!!!!!
In New jersey its illegal to thow these guys back when and if you catch them, If you happen to catch one, The dept. of fish and game want to know when and where, Anyone know of any Jersey catches?
well fagget666 seems to believe that fish adapt to their aquarium.. well truth of the matter is most all fish that have the capabilities of getting big will in fact outgrow the enviroment. IE: a red belly pacu in a 10 gallon tank will in fact outgrow it quite fast. and yes these fish are dangerous and getting a license to own is near impossible.
you are all fucking idiots. you dont want to buy one of these things. snakeheads can grow up to 4 ft long and can knock over aquariums or crack glass if they charge at it. they are very aggressive and will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouths. theyre illegal to own because they have a primitive lung that enables them to walk across land for short distances. when they go to a water source they eat all the native fish. theyre a problem where i live and you would be a fool to buy one.
i like that you no wat's wrong with these animals they aren't native and where i live they a problem too....
they were released becaz it was supposed to be made into healing soup but the person got better so they cereominously released it into new water where it is dominating the ecosystem
they still grow to 3 ft. long, they are still very aggressive and carnivorous, and if they get loose they can still destroy entire ecosystems, you fucking moron.
THEY ADAPT TO THE FUCKING AQUARIUM, what part do you not understand? In the wild, yes they will be over 3feet long, it's not the point in a fucking aq.
whatever man. im not going to insult you, because i know thats what you want. ive been taking care of six tanks for four years, and some of the fish i breed go for a lot at auctions.
the most aggresive snakehead is giant snakehead (channa micropeltes) found in Southeast Asia especially in Thailand and Malaysia.they can grow to more than 4 feet and measuring more than 30 kilos. they are known to attack people in the water and considerably dangerous!
yes its illegal to own in the US in Asia their now since their natives their...you can find these everywhere in the rice fields and wetlands in the Philippines and in Thailand...basically everywhere
I'm endlessly pissed that Uncle Sam says we cannot own this fish in a tank anymore. And for everyone who says "blah blah irresponsible owners will put them in a lake etc" well look at pitbulls. How man kids a year die because of pitbulls? How many kids a year die from Snakeheads? Not enough I'll tell you that.. haha
what?!? You keep it in an aquarium... and it cant live out of water... how can they be dangerous enough to not own one. unless its because they're endangered or something
Snakeheads caused quite a stir when they were caught recently in FDR park in South Philadelphia. FDR park (AKA League Island; AKA The Lakes) was my old stomping grounds when I was young. Back then there were mostly carp, catfish and eels in those lakes that communicated with the Delaware River but now the Snakeheads have arrived. I suspect this Asian species was released by a member of the growing Asia population in South Philadelphia. Now all other native specied will disappear.
There's no reason as westerner couldn't have. However; this fish is not native to the United States but Asia. There is, in fact, a growing Asian population in Philadelphia. Asians eat this fish. What would a westerner be doing with one of these in the first place? Does that make any sense or do you still think I'm just being racist?
yo come fish with me! the 24th of may is like free fishing day, no need fishing license, im planning to hunt them to see for them first time in my life lol. gonna bag them home, freeze and i guess send it in like what the PA Wild life/fishiery website thingy said
I heard those things bite the sh** out of anything it comes across and can crawl and ;live on land for up to four days! Anyone in a lake chock-full of these snakeheads is screwed to the extreme.
Snakeheads are Awesome predators, i have been keeping all species of predatory fish, including most species of piranhas, African Tiger Fish, even pike! And the red snakehead is one of the most toughest and aggressive fish ive come across, i had to house my 14" red snakehead with a 12" black piranha years ago due to one tank cracking and the piranha could not get the better of him, and that same piranha would munch through terrapins like wafers!
Hi i live in England and we have found them in our streams now in Lincolnshire they do look nasty the fisherman who caught one in our town bit more than he could chew one big snakehead fish on bad as not from our little island.
I read an article yesterday suggesting that they are becoming quite rampant in the UK now as someone brought them over in an aquarium and let some loose, which is not good at all as they are considered more aggressive that piranhas. They can live on land for up to 4 days. People have poisoned lakes to rid them, which is not good in its very nature. Will be interesting to read up on more.
Jellyfish too. They're getting pretty rampant all over. Pretty interesting creatures for sure. If you look up videos on youtube, there's some pretty cool shots.
Snakeheads are not that bad like other big fish(wallye,pike,bass,gar ect.) they eat fish smaller than theirselves!the only difference is that snakeheads have larger teeth.
did you know snakehead are not show fish. In Asia they are food. snakehead, catfish, bass, trout are all food... By the way stir fry and deep fry snakehead are awesome!
IT MUST BE DESTROYED!!! THE T-REX OF FISH only that it's not as endearing as a T-Rex would actually be. I could see having a T-Rex as a pet and loving it, but this thing is just an abomination!!! The devil did make his own creatures, and this is one of them!
In southeast Asia, snakeheads are considered a delicacy. Here in the state I caught one that hit my lure like a lightning. The fish was caught and killed. They are nasty looking!!!
And feedings wise, i would feed it variety of food similar to what they would eat in their ecosystem not just pellets. Uncle is a fish enthusiast, owns saltwater and fresh water fishes including several arowanas.
a snakehead fish cn survive without water for 3 days and breath air it can even use it fins to walkon land it will attackanythinh it sees in his way it despreate to surviv so it will do anything it can and also they multiply 5 times a year it can also eat your hand!
and even the smallest kind (i think is the banded one) cannot be touched even by a fully grown arrowana exept when its about the size of your middle finger
The largest snakehead ever recorded was 6ft, the only fish could stand toes-to-toes with snakedhead(the ones i could think at the moment)are: northern pike, and fresh water wolffish.
Show me a link of this 6' snakehead? Try more like 4' and more like 2-3' for micropeltes in a tank. Silver Aros can get 4' in a tank and more like 5 in the wild. Have you even had a snakehead? Most of them are not as tough as your making out.
Ahh ic, no links allowed, anyways back to the sbj. & check your pm box. With 29 species recognized, I've never said all of them are tough. But nevertheless snakeheads are all natural born predators.
In the wild arowana can get 5ft, i don't doubt that. But is it not possible that snakehead in (areas where no human contact, survives the competition, & plus time) could get bigger than the ones ever recorded?
Ask yourself that same question, have you even had arowana or snakehead? It's illegal here(i know that doesn't stop 1 from obtaining & keeping it), if i decided to keep 1, i'd do it right; by being educated & responsible owner & do things the right way. Snakehead in fish tank is not really good idea(again that doesn't stop 1 from doing it), me ...the snakehead would be in a pond(or similar setup) where area & volume of water is spacious.
Never had a snakehead they are illegal here too but i know someone who has 3. I have owned both Asian and Aussie Aros. Why is snakeheads in a tank a bad idea? The small species are especially fine in tanks but even the big ones are ok in big (300g+) tanks.
Do not compare an oscar/arowana with snakehead. Arowana is known for surface feeders, arowana doesn't have razor set of teeth or strong jaw like snakehead. So, to say put an arowana or oscar with snakehead is just ridiculous(assuming they all fully grown). Snakehead would win easily!!! O hell put a fully grown snakehead with 5 fully grown arowanas, the arowana won't do a thing, well i maybe a little exagerrating, but then snakehead is in totally different level of predator than arowana.
nice video ! hope u can make one like this clearly underwater . thanks.. u can see mine .. fishzilladiver channel.
fishzilladiver 11 months ago
nice video , where can i get a snakehead fish from .
killasheen15 1 year ago
don't get caught with a live one in a home tank. they still havent figured out how they got here. you could be banned from ever owning pets again to fines to even jail time depending on what state you live in.
Ksmith0587 1 year ago
wot? illegal because invasive? why are humans aren't illegal? we are very invasive species too!! LMAO
omega45red 1 year ago 3
you say they are invasive but people just dont know how to take care of them i had one for years and it finally died. i need to find somewhere i can buy another. if you know where i can get one email me at d_rock0982@yahoo.com thank you
SuperDrock00 1 year ago
dont say this is snakehead man youre wrong this is called giant snakehead and in malaysian language giant snakehead is called TOMAN and snakehead is called HARUAN and malaysians Eat HARUAN and pet TOMAN because TOMAN is Damn Fierce and they can eat big fishes..
kanan72 1 year ago
@kanan72 that is actually a northern snakehead. giant snakeheads are black and white.
Ksmith0587 1 year ago
invasive species?..aren't humans the most invasive?..i mean,we even dream about invading outer space one day with our rockets n colonizing onto other planets.
earthbenderzore15 1 year ago 2
Wouldn't that make us invasive species.
TheBlake420 1 year ago
@TheBlake420 420 all day
msh464 1 year ago
@msh464 Every day!
TheBlake420 1 year ago
We had one of these when I was a kid, when they were readily available at pet stores in the midwest. It's an incredible predator and grows very fast. We learned about its proclivity for leaving the water when we found it dried out on the floor one day. It had to push its way out of a closed tank.
It was a few years later when we heard about them being a threat to the ecosystem. In truth, we were too far north for it to go native but I can see why you wouldn't want to introduce these.
satidog 1 year ago
haha It's like "hey...hows it goin?
munchchewy0 1 year ago
shut up!!! snakeheads are the best!!! have u guys ever caught one??? it has the strongest fight!!!!!
qmov12345 1 year ago
Look on the bright side invasive fish like the snakehead,walking catfish,gars, etc will have a higher chance of their species to survive extinctions, and within 1,000 years they can become sub species that are only found in the place were there ancestors were introduced. Of course there are going to be casualties to this but remember Homo Sapiens.
ikachan7777 1 year ago
i have a snakehead too in my tank
SkaterLocal 2 years ago
i saw a lot of this kind of snake head in chinese supermarket. they sell them as food. i heard that they are very nutritious and delicious.
cf1822003 2 years ago
Nice Northern Snakehead
Darkness610 2 years ago
Gorgeous fish!!! Huge too!! haha =D
fefontesbugatti 2 years ago
its a snake melon!
rluix 2 years ago
cant be mad at the fish , do you think the fish had some eveil plan to leve its native home and come here,, you can only blame the people who let them go in our waters,, they should get big truble if not go to jail,,, for the right person this would be a great pet, i would love to own one.
jonfarida007 2 years ago
ill sell u a snakehead
gellion1 2 years ago
the dec should ban idiots that release snake heads in the local lakes. theyre more harmful then those snake heads alone. these creatures are awsum pets and give us fish tank heads sumthing to have pride about since there so agresive and beautiful. baning them is taking it a bit to far. how ab out simply aresting ppl for releasin them and making the punishment very high so that ppl wont dare risk it. if you told ppl that they would be shot at location for releasing the fish. i doubt theyd do it.
lilthaifighter 2 years ago
Hope you all like having Snakeheads destroying your native fish in your rivers and lakes..Cause thats why the legislation is in place so that does not happen.. same thing will Asian carp they just destroy the local environment systems..I don't know about you but i like the ability for my family and friends to be able to enjoy going in the water and not having to worry about getting bit by one of these non-native species..In no way is a snakehead practically harmless..
notabear 2 years ago
The ban goes too far becouse there is only a couple out of about 30 species that can even survive here. You make sound like every fish enthuseist that desiers to keep one of these fish an irresponsable moron, this is not true, and besides that the people who would release them in the first place will most likely ignore the law anyway and get one. I support the ban on the the norhtern snakehead, but the less hardy tropacal species should be avalable, it works in the UK.
metalfish24 2 years ago
@notabear
dude ur a dumb fuck u know nothing about snakeheads......"and we must kill all the white people too for coming here and stealing our land''
chuniebahn 2 years ago
lets use those big words... i do have no problem with people having them as pets. but the problem is that how do you regulate irresponsible pet owners?
@ chuniebahn So you know a lot about snakeheads?
NotAbeaR9 2 years ago
do u have the internet in ur mud hut then?
clazza01 2 years ago
never heard of a snakehead biting anyone must be those wonderful hollywood movies about snakeheads. anyuway enjoy your nightmares about one biting you. They are wonderful sport fish and it looks like you may get to find how and why soon enough.
geckoadventure 1 year ago
Isn't this fish's scientific name Ophiocephalus?
Qcumber 2 years ago
It have been revised.
Its now Channa and Parachanna for the african species
dbb2136 2 years ago
sick dude
fish111011 2 years ago
where can i get one. can you buy them.
mooret86 2 years ago
Wow!
Beautiful Creature.
I guess this fellow has received good care.
jonathan505d 3 years ago
i dont know much of snakeheads but my snakehead survived about 24 hours on my floor, it was stuck to it so i had to water around it to get it of the floor... i know that becous my mom didnt dare to pick it up when i was away...soooo yeah it CAN survive pretty long on land...ps..the beast still lives, check my vid its the one there
Tinnesen89 3 years ago
yeah, it can survive roughly around 3 days out of water
guitarpunk050 2 years ago
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Extremely hardy even in the worst water condition & got nasty bites! DON'T WALK but slither like eels when on dry land. Nat Geo & Maryland scientists had preposterous reports, snakehead walked on dry land & survived 4days out of water, using insecticide poisoning entire lake killing more fishes than snakeheads! Failed to consider repercussion of such action thinking the results are inconsequential. Lakes lead to sea & effects maybe accumulatively disastrous with like-minded irresponsible people.
Crappanahdon 3 years ago
Good shot! Alot ignorant fools are mislead by outrageous reports that northern snakehead can live outa water for 3days? LOL! Even walked on land? Those are idiots i tell u...i caught 4 of them, 1st fish died the moment i landed the 4th fish. Max they survived few hours on land AND they definately can't walk on land! So called scientist really made themselve look retard publishing irresponsible reports. Haha! These are aggressive fish by nature & yes they deliver nasty bites. Comparable to pikes!
Crappanahdon 3 years ago
they're illegal because they're misunderstood. idiots like retroooo191 exagerrate the facts about this fish causing the government to overreact and ban them from the US. these dumbasses just judge them and have never even taken a chance to raise one.
FlamingFury5 3 years ago
They;re illegal because they're an invasive species that destroy whole ecosystems.
SilentCritic 3 years ago 9
so what have they done to the ecosystem so far? has the entire population of bass died? what do u know what happens under water?
FlamingFury5 3 years ago
Hey retard FLAMINGFURY.
Snakehead is an invase species from ASIA. It destroys entire ecosystems by feeding on large amounts of smaller fish such as perch and sunfish, which in turn leaves the larger fish like pike and muskie with little to eat, and all in all destroys. I saw one of these fish in my marina and it took down a duck.
discodarth 2 years ago
well did u know they also pay back the food they eat? snakeheads mate up to 5 times a year and make up to 150k baby snakeheads. most of them are then eaten by bigger fishes as a replacement of food eaten by adult snakeheads. do some research before u start acting like an idiot. stop reading the fucking tabloids and start paying attention to some real facts before u make an ass of yourself.
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
If you watch the video Scott Broom Invasive Species you'll see that snakeheads had little effect on the ecosystem.
darthrhom 2 years ago
thanx for waking up.
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
There are plenty of people who do know what happens. Just because you don't doesn't mean it's ok to be releasing invasive species into the wild. Invasives do all sorts of damage all over the world. Do a little research before posting stupid comments.
mohawkmeat 2 years ago
who the hell was talking about releasing snakeheads? if i had one i would keep it. im a responsible fish keeper so dont asume that anyone who owns a snakehead would just throw it out like that. northerns are far less agressive than the tropical kinds( the kind in the video "snakehead vs big ass bass"). king snakeheads can kill native species, but guess what. they die in our cold climate water. only northern snakeheads can survive but they're much less harmful to the native fish. u dont know shit
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
the DEC is a bunch of idiots who cant even tell the difference between any fish species. its their responsibility to take care of them but instead, they poison lakes and ponds just to try getting rid of something pratically harmless. instead, they kill more natives than snakeheads do. im sure u must be one of those idiots
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
i totally agree, they wanna work on banning beautiful lion fish now.
niggabartlebee 2 years ago
the dumbass DEC wanna ban everything. they were harassing a guy and his harmless 10year old snakehead. those idiots are trying to ban the lionfish because some dumbass kid hurt himself by touching one.
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
eah that 10 year old snake head story was by me, i believe they gave him a partial pardon but tehy still wanna kill his fish by freezing it to death. They banned snapping turtles over hear as well, which is dumb because there are plenty of snapping turtles 5 blocks away from me in the lake.
niggabartlebee 2 years ago
they're gonna ban everything in the end. they think about all the negativity of just about everything. u shouldnt give out info about banned fish near your lakes. watch out in case some dumbass tries to poison that lake like they do everywhere. in california, they tried to blow up a pond just to get rid of a few pikes.
FlamingFury5 2 years ago
hahahah holy shit, for pikes? pikes are legal to own here, tehre is no snake heads by me in the wild, just snapping turtles but snapping turtles are just illegal to own no illegal to live here, its very weird. On top of that we arn't allowed to own any pythons here either or any constricting snakes that get somewhat big.
niggabartlebee 2 years ago
No but you clearly don't fully understand the isuues here and so whatever you say is pretty irrelavant. And what's with the attitude? Do you always get this angry at comments on youtube?... Kind of dumb when you think about it.
mohawkmeat 2 years ago
i guess u dont read what i type or u dont wanna admit that i may be right. and of course everyone gets an attitude when they're arguing with someone. kinda dumb when u talk about it.
FlamingFury5 2 years ago 2
does that (destroy) include trees and turning forests into cities?
If so then we must destroy humans also as they worse invasive species.
geckoadventure 1 year ago 2
@geckoadventure yeah thats true i had that thing in my head from a year ago we are the worse invasive spiecies in the world we've destroyed evrey thing all those good will thingy's like save the wales and stuff most of them we've caused so the world would be a lot beter of without the humans but you know wath i love life and my friends and family
samverwimp 1 year ago
@SilentCritic THATS WHY THEY ARE SOOO COOL
MriBackup 10 months ago
why are they illegal?
nagy05 3 years ago
Doesn't look friendly.
ez0429 3 years ago
they can live on land to O.O
Retrooooooooooooo191 3 years ago
fuckin piefaces bringing all these fucked up ass fish over here..
tomsokoli 3 years ago
yes!! how much do you want?..
wanyusri84 3 years ago
hey chinky..stop selling illegal fish..
tomsokoli 3 years ago
im not selling!.. just give it away!..
wanyusri84 3 years ago
disgusting comment whats your definition of pieface?
why is the fish fucked up? its a survivor same as CROCS and ALLIGATORS wyou should be proud it has survive this long.
geckoadventure 1 year ago
when it swims everything they find they kill and there from thailand this dude ask for some and cook them it's jsut some superstition if u eat the soup of it it make su feel better and crap but then the person that gave the dude the snakehead he had to much so he put it in a pond and tha femile snakehead grew 150,000 babies 1 female provides 150,000 babies
Yal00000n 3 years ago
oooh wow
Retrooooooooooooo191 3 years ago
dont these things kill everything?
NerdyAndJerkish 3 years ago
cool!!
mockoron 3 years ago
i would throw in some little kid i find off the street.
FlamingFury5 3 years ago 6
fishzilla :P
that's how they call these fishes, right?
hi210393 3 years ago
The Northern Snakehead. Brilliant video mate.
samrit86 3 years ago
wher can i get on of these snake head fish in california
DONUT104ST 3 years ago
sadly they are illegal
vondun 3 years ago
i did not know it was illegal to have these fish in NJ i have 3 in my tank right now. they are friendly and i can put my hand on them inside the tank......until feeding time lol here come the goldfish!!!!!
jonsitv 3 years ago
I think so because my lfs stopped selling them for a while but i loved having them.
vondun 3 years ago
i saw a muskie fight a snakehead muskie kiked its ass
XxKnarnitaxX 3 years ago
cool!!!
wanyusri84 3 years ago
In New jersey its illegal to thow these guys back when and if you catch them, If you happen to catch one, The dept. of fish and game want to know when and where, Anyone know of any Jersey catches?
PATNNIKI 3 years ago
not yet but im sure that they are coming ..
NotAbeaR9 2 years ago
them things where just found in the lake in sullivan county new york
wolfpack4life1981 3 years ago
well fagget666 seems to believe that fish adapt to their aquarium.. well truth of the matter is most all fish that have the capabilities of getting big will in fact outgrow the enviroment. IE: a red belly pacu in a 10 gallon tank will in fact outgrow it quite fast. and yes these fish are dangerous and getting a license to own is near impossible.
geeksquadsucks 3 years ago
not a good pet incase your wondering...
1.they bite and are aggressive.
2.they get big
3.they can escape the aquarium if they want to they have a primitive lung that allows them to breathe air.
Whodiddles 3 years ago
great pet, make sure they cant get out, provide a large tank, throw in a fish or any other small animal and enjoy the show
vodun132 3 years ago
i use to feed em with small fish, , tadpoles, insect, and shrimp.. no mice!! I luv mice and hamsters!..
wanyusri84 3 years ago
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u are a stupid dumb fuck... this is not a fucken cichlid u stupid piece of shit
BBALLin3132 3 years ago
can you buy these if yes where
frank09783 3 years ago
canada in some provinces
vodun132 3 years ago
which provinces
frank09783 3 years ago
it looks nothing like a cichlid other then the fact it has gills and a mouth.
operaman83 3 years ago
Very nice! What kind of Snakehead is it?
benzjamin13 3 years ago
you are all fucking idiots. you dont want to buy one of these things. snakeheads can grow up to 4 ft long and can knock over aquariums or crack glass if they charge at it. they are very aggressive and will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouths. theyre illegal to own because they have a primitive lung that enables them to walk across land for short distances. when they go to a water source they eat all the native fish. theyre a problem where i live and you would be a fool to buy one.
InBloom10 3 years ago
i like that you no wat's wrong with these animals they aren't native and where i live they a problem too....
they were released becaz it was supposed to be made into healing soup but the person got better so they cereominously released it into new water where it is dominating the ecosystem
Ariam15 3 years ago
They adpat to the aq, you fucking moron.
Fagget666 3 years ago
they still grow to 3 ft. long, they are still very aggressive and carnivorous, and if they get loose they can still destroy entire ecosystems, you fucking moron.
InBloom10 3 years ago
THEY ADAPT TO THE FUCKING AQUARIUM, what part do you not understand? In the wild, yes they will be over 3feet long, it's not the point in a fucking aq.
Fagget666 3 years ago
obviously you've never taken care of fish before. it doesnt matter what size aquarium you have, they will still grow to be big.
InBloom10 3 years ago
obviously your logic is really fucked up.
Fagget666 3 years ago
whatever man. im not going to insult you, because i know thats what you want. ive been taking care of six tanks for four years, and some of the fish i breed go for a lot at auctions.
InBloom10 3 years ago
the most aggresive snakehead is giant snakehead (channa micropeltes) found in Southeast Asia especially in Thailand and Malaysia.they can grow to more than 4 feet and measuring more than 30 kilos. they are known to attack people in the water and considerably dangerous!
bentarasetia 3 years ago
where did you get this inforamtion from? soiunds like a myth on the attacking people. 30KG not seen but have seen a 15+ kg one and 10kg ones.
geckoadventure 1 year ago
i want one of those THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!
milopimpster23 3 years ago
i want one as a pet. but they are cool
SFkid12 3 years ago
thats cool
big mean
manly fish
feed it mice or something living and make a video
eastoff1 3 years ago
..just like a python's head
But isnt it illegal to own one of those?
rl0u8888 3 years ago
yes its illegal to own in the US in Asia their now since their natives their...you can find these everywhere in the rice fields and wetlands in the Philippines and in Thailand...basically everywhere
FishAreCool08 3 years ago
made in vietnam
nguyenviethungaaaa 3 years ago
Crazy!
82212253 3 years ago
you can buy one in any pet store up here. not illegal in Canada
SurreyUs 3 years ago
he is beautifull!
(legal or not)i will buy me a snakehead!
adarkerlink 3 years ago
were can u get thes things from wit out catchin it
pandamonium22 3 years ago
had loads of snakeheads, quality fish. the red snakehead is savage:)
dellahoyasmc 3 years ago
These things are like cobras. If you want to own them move to their native land. They will screw things up here beyond belief.
BlakeSchrunk 3 years ago
I really want one, anyone from the yay that has one get at me asap
lorinser925 3 years ago
I'm endlessly pissed that Uncle Sam says we cannot own this fish in a tank anymore. And for everyone who says "blah blah irresponsible owners will put them in a lake etc" well look at pitbulls. How man kids a year die because of pitbulls? How many kids a year die from Snakeheads? Not enough I'll tell you that.. haha
TA77Brett 3 years ago
Yeah, who is the dickhead that decided that people can own tigers and alligators and poisonous snakes but not these....
dsh5027 3 years ago
what?!? You keep it in an aquarium... and it cant live out of water... how can they be dangerous enough to not own one. unless its because they're endangered or something
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worstolympicmaogay 3 years ago
The eat dogs & cats aswell, they are mental
dellahoyasmc 3 years ago
you're seriously retarded.
bebbiwebbi 3 years ago 3
BAD ASS FISH DUDE!
tamkj21 3 years ago
Snakeheads caused quite a stir when they were caught recently in FDR park in South Philadelphia. FDR park (AKA League Island; AKA The Lakes) was my old stomping grounds when I was young. Back then there were mostly carp, catfish and eels in those lakes that communicated with the Delaware River but now the Snakeheads have arrived. I suspect this Asian species was released by a member of the growing Asia population in South Philadelphia. Now all other native specied will disappear.
BUNGLEJYME 3 years ago
why cant it be released by a westerner?
i suspect otherwise ;)
kelvynyeang 3 years ago
there really bad
they eat everything
i was learnin bout em in science class and at full size are big enough to eat an infant child
also they can stay out of water for up to 3 days. there really dangerous
YouHaveProblems 3 years ago
There's no reason as westerner couldn't have. However; this fish is not native to the United States but Asia. There is, in fact, a growing Asian population in Philadelphia. Asians eat this fish. What would a westerner be doing with one of these in the first place? Does that make any sense or do you still think I'm just being racist?
BUNGLEJYME 3 years ago
yo come fish with me! the 24th of may is like free fishing day, no need fishing license, im planning to hunt them to see for them first time in my life lol. gonna bag them home, freeze and i guess send it in like what the PA Wild life/fishiery website thingy said
rawr215 3 years ago
Heck, I'd have it mounted if I were you!
BUNGLEJYME 3 years ago
I'd like to see this punk's reaction with an electric eel in the tank. Ha Ha Ha!
BUNGLEJYME 3 years ago
Snakehead is good eating. Especially in soup. Mmmmm yum yum!
GottJukrapun 3 years ago
Their illegal now.
jackyseto 3 years ago
The piranha would just be a snack..
bassexplorer85 3 years ago 2
somebody should put a snakehead and a piranha in a tank to see who of the two gets eating first!!!
crubio08 3 years ago
piranha wont stand a chance
peanut8508 3 years ago 2
I heard those things bite the sh** out of anything it comes across and can crawl and ;live on land for up to four days! Anyone in a lake chock-full of these snakeheads is screwed to the extreme.
mindfreakpro 3 years ago
Snakeheads are Awesome predators, i have been keeping all species of predatory fish, including most species of piranhas, African Tiger Fish, even pike! And the red snakehead is one of the most toughest and aggressive fish ive come across, i had to house my 14" red snakehead with a 12" black piranha years ago due to one tank cracking and the piranha could not get the better of him, and that same piranha would munch through terrapins like wafers!
h24k 3 years ago
ur smart....deee heee
chickencowman 3 years ago
awsome its a snake likw fish
cotton509 3 years ago
Hi i live in England and we have found them in our streams now in Lincolnshire they do look nasty the fisherman who caught one in our town bit more than he could chew one big snakehead fish on bad as not from our little island.
rickmonkey 4 years ago
What he said :p I wanna catch me a 50lb snakehead lol
UkStiggy 4 years ago 2
I read an article yesterday suggesting that they are becoming quite rampant in the UK now as someone brought them over in an aquarium and let some loose, which is not good at all as they are considered more aggressive that piranhas. They can live on land for up to 4 days. People have poisoned lakes to rid them, which is not good in its very nature. Will be interesting to read up on more.
lizkatz81 3 years ago
ya i read that same article
keegan1116 3 years ago
Also where I got my information, pretty bad situation, eh?
mindfreakpro 3 years ago
Yeah, no good at all.
Jellyfish too. They're getting pretty rampant all over. Pretty interesting creatures for sure. If you look up videos on youtube, there's some pretty cool shots.
lizkatz81 3 years ago
Dang old Cloverfields of the deep, mang.
heartjon 4 years ago
Snakeheads are not that bad like other big fish(wallye,pike,bass,gar ect.) they eat fish smaller than theirselves!the only difference is that snakeheads have larger teeth.
cphemerica 4 years ago
Looks like a Pike to me!
raz5490 4 years ago
did you know snakehead are not show fish. In Asia they are food. snakehead, catfish, bass, trout are all food... By the way stir fry and deep fry snakehead are awesome!
traderhdc 4 years ago
That close view of the fish's face reminds me of those bug things in Star Wars Episode 2
terri808 4 years ago
wat u feed that thing
Rico792 4 years ago
any fish
yoyoyoboy523 4 years ago
new born puppies
mraznhustla 4 years ago
That is imaculate
Ashdaddio 4 years ago
haha prolly
Rico792 4 years ago
Channa obscurus.
coffinman3 4 years ago
IT HAS RATTLESNAKE MARKINGS FOR GOD"S SAKE!!!!!!
IT MUST BE DESTROYED!!! THE T-REX OF FISH only that it's not as endearing as a T-Rex would actually be. I could see having a T-Rex as a pet and loving it, but this thing is just an abomination!!! The devil did make his own creatures, and this is one of them!
RagingCaveman 4 years ago
lol if these animals keep walking on solid ground they could prob get legs in about couple of 100 years well if the evolution theorie is right
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mikethebike7 4 years ago
In southeast Asia, snakeheads are considered a delicacy. Here in the state I caught one that hit my lure like a lightning. The fish was caught and killed. They are nasty looking!!!
soulburner978 4 years ago
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mikethebike7 4 years ago
And feedings wise, i would feed it variety of food similar to what they would eat in their ecosystem not just pellets. Uncle is a fish enthusiast, owns saltwater and fresh water fishes including several arowanas.
atsven 4 years ago
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atsven 4 years ago
dude thats elagal here
werky97 4 years ago
arapaima rocks!
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mikethebike7 4 years ago
i saw one of thos in a canal by my school!! im goin fishin over the weekend.
xxWEINERxx 4 years ago
a snakehead fish cn survive without water for 3 days and breath air it can even use it fins to walkon land it will attackanythinh it sees in his way it despreate to surviv so it will do anything it can and also they multiply 5 times a year it can also eat your hand!
varoneckai 4 years ago
That creature is cool man. Try pouring in an arowana or an oscar to have a 3 parties face-off. Guess who will win?
royyvonne 4 years ago
The snakehead would win it is way bigger then both of those combined
mojomonkey253 4 years ago
Big arro would be waaay bigger then him.
chrisdef15 4 years ago
but an arowana doesnt have jaws like a snakehead,
and even the smallest kind (i think is the banded one) cannot be touched even by a fully grown arrowana exept when its about the size of your middle finger
ahll69 4 years ago
I didnt say it would be tougher i said it would be bigger. South American Arros can get 4'+.
And any big Arro could eat some Snakeheads. The smaller species only get 6" and would be a snack.
chrisdef15 4 years ago
The largest snakehead ever recorded was 6ft, the only fish could stand toes-to-toes with snakedhead(the ones i could think at the moment)are: northern pike, and fresh water wolffish.
atsven 4 years ago
Show me a link of this 6' snakehead? Try more like 4' and more like 2-3' for micropeltes in a tank. Silver Aros can get 4' in a tank and more like 5 in the wild. Have you even had a snakehead? Most of them are not as tough as your making out.
chrisdef15 4 years ago
Ahh ic, no links allowed, anyways back to the sbj. & check your pm box. With 29 species recognized, I've never said all of them are tough. But nevertheless snakeheads are all natural born predators.
In the wild arowana can get 5ft, i don't doubt that. But is it not possible that snakehead in (areas where no human contact, survives the competition, & plus time) could get bigger than the ones ever recorded?
atsven 4 years ago
Ask yourself that same question, have you even had arowana or snakehead? It's illegal here(i know that doesn't stop 1 from obtaining & keeping it), if i decided to keep 1, i'd do it right; by being educated & responsible owner & do things the right way. Snakehead in fish tank is not really good idea(again that doesn't stop 1 from doing it), me ...the snakehead would be in a pond(or similar setup) where area & volume of water is spacious.
atsven 4 years ago
Never had a snakehead they are illegal here too but i know someone who has 3. I have owned both Asian and Aussie Aros. Why is snakeheads in a tank a bad idea? The small species are especially fine in tanks but even the big ones are ok in big (300g+) tanks.
chrisdef15 4 years ago
Dwarf snakeheads... they are cute & verocius at the same time, not as much agressive as other species.
Yeah, i heard plenty successfull stories of dwarf snakehads in 20 gallon tanks, i'd put 1 channa gachua in there, 2 will do just fine i guess.
atsven 4 years ago
Do not compare an oscar/arowana with snakehead. Arowana is known for surface feeders, arowana doesn't have razor set of teeth or strong jaw like snakehead. So, to say put an arowana or oscar with snakehead is just ridiculous(assuming they all fully grown). Snakehead would win easily!!! O hell put a fully grown snakehead with 5 fully grown arowanas, the arowana won't do a thing, well i maybe a little exagerrating, but then snakehead is in totally different level of predator than arowana.
atsven 4 years ago