Crazy Jumping Asian Carp - VOA Story

Asian carp are heading north. An innocuous statement, until you consider that this is happening not in Asia, but in the Illinois River. Researchers are concerned that the fish are just months away from making it into the Great Lakes, where a few specimens have been captured, but are thought to have been released there by foolhardy folks who didn't want them as pets anymore. One possible solution to the impending invasion is an electric barrier built earlier this year under the Chicago Canal. The invading Asian carp, nicknamed "river rabbits" by some, are actually several different carp species, including bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus).

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Pets & Animals

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• fish
• funny
• crazy
• carp
• Hypophthalmichthys
• nobilis
• Mylopharyngodon
• piceus
• river
• fishing

[GunOwnerDan]

Those carp would be perfect for target practice with a shotgun!

[bbwwbb]

They are as good to eat as any fish found in fishticks, macfish sandwiches, or anything od the sort.

[harley55100]

By the way, silver carp are edible but can be too bony for many people, especially Americans. Moreover, the Americans regard carp as "trash fish" and therefore not worthy of human consumption.

But the Chinese love them and they've been raising them for thousands of years.

[harley55100]

Those fishes are called "silver carp" which were probably introduced into the wild when its owner either got tired of keeping it or the carp itself had outgrown its aquarium habitat and, therefore, forced the owner to release it into the wild.

Silver carp jump out of the water when they get annoyed by vibrations generated by boats with running motors. Many of these fishes reach 80-100 lbs. and when they jump out of the water and it hits you, the injury can be severe and, sometimes, deadly.

[jdawgscool]

@Trashfished they are filter feeders

[huiouyang2003]

As a chinese , I am really like to eat these fish. these fish are very good food for every Chinese. I an sorry that I can not live in this area to eat these fish everyday

[jupiterscastle]

they don't eat shit, thats the shrimps job, they eat smaller fishes, i believe they are part of the herring sardine family

[valstar1000]

@battles151 I hear asian carp is way better than regular carp though

[johnnybravo234]

@GunOwnerDan YEAH forget about skeet! We have CARP

[battles151]

they're only imported in hard times because thats all ppl can afford in hard times..these fish are bottom grade. get with it, they eat shit from the bottom of a polluted river. would you eat shit from the bottom of a river? well if you eat this fish..thats exactly what youre eating..SHIT

[catfishhunter2010]

@GunOwnerDan ya it would be but hears a fact there used to be a target range by the lake but the fish ate the lead balls and died so they closed it down

[jefri53]

DONT MIND TELLING US YR LITTLE SECRET.