Northern Snakehead Lake Ontario

[Cody]

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

[zx003]

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!

[Lloyd]

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.

[Cody]

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

[Lloyd]

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