Outdoor Ontario

Off Topic => Anything Goes => Topic started by: Cody on August 08, 2010, 07:21:38 PM

Title: Northern Snakehead Lake Ontario
Post by: Cody on August 08, 2010, 07:21:38 PM

I saw this on CTV News this evening.  An interesting story, and it just proves that you never know what's out there!

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/ ... ntoNewHome (http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100808/northern-snakehead-ontario-100808/20100808/?hub=TorontoNewHome)

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Post by: zx003 on August 08, 2010, 09:50:23 PM

I did a project on those things in school last year. The worst part is that scientists are dumping poison that kills all fish into lakes that "may contain snakeheads". I was watching a video of them fishing through (no pun intended) the dead bodies of various species just to see if that had killed a single snakehead. They say that the poison "won't harm other animals"- but the lack of fish sure will! :(

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Post by: Lloyd on August 11, 2010, 01:26:12 PM

Hi Cody. I just spent the last hour surfing the net about this fascinating but dangerous fish. Prior to your post, I had no idea such predators exist in our native waters. Thanks for the heads up.

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Post by: Cody on August 11, 2010, 01:37:30 PM

Me too, it sounds impossible that something like that would be here.  It turns out that it was not a Snakehead though:

I found this article from the National Post:http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/08/09/canadas-waters-are-frankenfish-free-for-now/

Apparently it is a Bowfin which is native to the Welland Canal.



Cody

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Post by: Lloyd on August 11, 2010, 04:39:12 PM

That's a relief! Thanks for the latest update.