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[Crystals]

If you thought you got lots of stares while you were collecting ants, imagine the looks these people got.

 

 

 

I walk my dog when I look for ants.  So when I bend down to look at the ground, or pretend to pick something up, people don't notice anything out of the ordinary. 

[dspdrew]

Interesting way to save the ecosystem.

[Crystals]

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. 

[Michaelofvancouver]

Lol. It was really funny.

 

Are those carps invasive?

[Crystals]

They are extremely invasive.

They are able to out-compete the native fish for food and have eliminated several species from certain areas.

 

They grow so fast that after a few months not many predators can eat them.

 

There is a massive electric "gate" on the cannal leading to the great lakes - if they get in there they will cause billions of dollars in damage.

 

Want a weird fact?  In their native home, they don't jump like that.  The original stock must have been skittish and the trait stuck.

[Michaelofvancouver]

They are extremely invasive.

They are able to out-compete the native fish for food and have eliminated several species from certain areas.

 

They grow so fast that after a few months not many predators can eat them.

 

There is a massive electric "gate" on the cannal leading to the great lakes - if they get in there they will cause billions of dollars in damage.

 

Want a weird fact?  In their native home, they don't jump like that.  The original stock must have been skittish and the trait stuck.

Ok. I watched a documentary about this species. I'm hoping the electric field works, because if they get into the great lakes, they'll out-compete my favorite fish, the sturgeon.

[Mercutia]

OMNOMNOM, sturgeon caviar. Too bad carp isn't good eating. They taste too muddy. BLEH. Otherwise I would lament the loss of lots of good fish meat.

 

Honestly, I was waiting for one of the guys to stab himself in the face with the pitchfork. Damn that looks freakishly dangerous. D:

[Crystals]

OMNOMNOM, sturgeon caviar. Too bad carp isn't good eating. They taste too muddy. BLEH. Otherwise I would lament the loss of lots of good fish meat.

 

Honestly, I was waiting for one of the guys to stab himself in the face with the pitchfork. Damn that looks freakishly dangerous. D:

This species of carp eats algae, unlike many other carp species which are bottom feeders.  Its meat is white and is supposedly delicious.  The biggest problem is that they have tons of bones - and that North Americans seem to hate bones.   

 

I couldn't believe that they didn't injure themselves...  I figured that the guy in the garbage can would at least snag his arm on one of those hooks.

[Mercutia]

Then I shall lament the loss of good fish meat D:

 

Could be making fish soup!