Posted on 04/25/2014 11:54:43 PM PDT by Paul R.
Scientists are studying the cause of a massive fish kill in western Kentucky, which state wildlife officials are saying is the largest kill of its kind recorded.
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Yes, when I just now re-read that headline, I started chuckling, and came back here to see if anyone noticed the same thing... Of course, “fish” or “carp” could be plural, so the mind can conjure up a real 60’s style Japanese horror movie! (Maybe the “really big” carp organize and push a massive wave of water over - well, hmmm, hard to find 500,000 people along the Cumberland River... uh, I can tell it’s way late and time to hit the sack!)
The way the headline is written, it sounds as though the asian carp killed 500K people. It’s a bit like the difference between: “Let’s eat Grandma!” and “Let’s eat, Grandma!”
“but the bones might not deter my Asian wife at all.”
Does she cook Beltfish for you? Talk about bones! But an Asian dish that I love. Cut it up, and twice fry in my wok.
Indeed, the local fisheries biologists are hopeful that if this stays specific to the Asian carp, it would be a good thing. The Asian carp are highly prolific, get large, and feed at the bottom of the food chain, therefor crowding out other species, especially the young of other species.
Now, if you want to watch something really goofy, the carp do provide a certain sort of challenge / entertainment for some crazy guys:
The “Peoria Carp Hunters” have a whole series of videos posted - what I can’t figure out is how they (the carp hunters) have not killed themselves yet.
Right. I always remember the title in a “Letters” section of a newspaper: “Reader upset over dog eating Filipinos”.
Eh?
No, I guess I should ask her. :-)
LOL! Punctuation saves lives.
It’s the Snakeheads that are ravaging some of the commercial fish populations in the lower Potomac and tributary estuaries. I’m not sure how bad they are over in the Chesapeake Bay. (my old fishing grounds, long ago and far away...)
Too bad y’all don’t have blue crab in there—the crawdads should be the size of Maine lobster after that feast.
Oh, my. Something is targeting Asian Carp? How long before we hear cries of ‘fishism’?
That’s fishist!!!!
You are ascribing foresight and intelligence to a federal agency. Please.
Now if only the virus (if that is what is causing the kill) also helped kill off our beloved “snake fish”.
It actually is not easy for invasive species to become established. They do have a hard time at first, before they become acclimated. A lot like us when we travel, in fact.
Of course, with invasive species, we don't want to give them the chance to acclimate in the first place.
I read the headline and thought that the fish were becoming murderous, like the avians in the movie, “The Birds.”
I guess we are still safe from fish attacks.
The indigenous fish are racist. We must remove the dam immediately at it is a barrier to the integration of the Asian carp’s success. We must preserve our environment for our new Asian overlords.
I just watched an episode of Diner, Drive Inns & Dives that featured a restaurant that was well know for it’s fried carp. They had a way of cutting it and deep frying it so the bones were not an issue and it’s been a popular item.
Maybe the committed suicide in reaction to this post:
Asian carp name offends some Asian-Americans
The troublesome fish currently known as Asian carp may get a new name in Minnesota over concern that the current one casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3148870/posts
Those are my thoughts. These are the fish that get excited and start jumping out of the water. They have killed and injured people in boats.
One Thanksgiving, he had soaked the fish in brine and changed the water often, trying to leach the muddy flavor out, stuffed and baked it like we commonly did with large striped bass. We had a large gathering that year and it was just one of the many dishes for dinner.
The meat was beautiful, flaky, firm, and tasted distinctly like mud. Oh well...
The people in the restaurant raved about the carp, and Guy Fieri loved it too. You could probably find the episode on YouTube just search for Diners...etc. and the word carp.
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