Imagine if we got these here

[shamus]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article817553.ece

[benno573]

a grinner with attitude :laugh:

glad we don't get the here, i like my manhood how it is thank you

[kevinchen19870316]

these fish can survive in AU easily if introduced.there'll be no fish kill in winter time then because they eat most other fish and they r still feeding when it's freezing cold and they can kill most FW fish including bass and smaller barra. they r beasts!

[benno573]

but surely if they were in australia the labor government would want them protected anyway???? :whistle:

[ellicat]

Did you read the reader comments ?:laugh: :laugh:

[Ash]

Why do idiots still introduce these bloody things in countries!?!

When it comes down to it, you dont need exotic species in a tank, natives are beautiful enough as it is. But whats worse about bringing these feral things into a country, is that some tossers are releasing them! Shoot them all i say.

[Angus]

Hahahaha. That article is a bit sensationalised. Sorry for the scetisism.

Talk about responsible journalism

There are actually 2 AFO members fishing for snakeheads in Malaysa.

Looking very forward to the report.

Angus

[ellicat]

benno573 wrote:

but surely if they were in australia the labor government would want them protected anyway???? :whistle:

:laugh: :laugh:

[Angus]

This is my favourite paragraph hahahahaha.

"It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released. Snakeheads caused chaos when they were found in America in 2002, with snipers setting up on banksides to shoot them and entire lakes being poisoned to kill them".

To funny!

Angus

[kevinchen19870316]

large mouth bass is not a native species to America. maybe they have forgotten this but some anglers in America actually said:" we want snakehead". lol

[kevinchen19870316]

The vicious giant snakehead EATS everything it comes across and has even been reported to KILL people. this is a sentence from the article and it's completely *******

giant snakehead's diet's not even as wide as large mouth bass's. and in asia where they r everywhere,not a single person's killed by snakehead. Piranha form a school and attack animals bigger than them but snakehead never form a school and they only attack things that fits into their mouth. snakehead's pretty much a flattie that does not only holds at the bottom

[Ash]

More info on the yank side of things,

/>http://www.nbc4.com/news/3249506/detail.html

[Dan23]

Angus wrote:

This is my favourite paragraph hahahahaha.

"It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released. Snakeheads caused chaos when they were found in America in 2002, with snipers setting up on banksides to shoot them and entire lakes being poisoned to kill them".

To funny!

Angus

Typical Americans. Problem, reaction, solution..... Bigger problem:S

[kevinchen19870316]

hey ash, i am not saying ur wrong cuz from what u've heard u must believe snakehead eats out all the food and harm the ecosystem.

media sometimes do terrible things. less than 0.1% of Australia or US or UK ppl have seem a snakehead and less than 0.01% of them really have any knowledge to this species other than what's broadcasted by the media.

in china if u release 20 snakehead in a 60m*60m pond and put tiny hera( like boney bream) in, 4 yrs later, there'll still be more hera than snakehead.lol. they r hardy but they r not as evil as described. they r not even as bad as barramoundi.

according to what media say, since NPD's introduced with BASS and awoonga's stocked with barra, there should be no bony bream or garfish in there anymore. but they r still there.

just my 2 cents

[Ash]

yeah kev i hear what your saying. My gripe isnt whether the introduced species does or does not ruin the eco system, its the fact that people are still releasing feral/pest/alien species into systems! Thats what annoys me. The poeple who do this dont tend to research the fish first, they just act without regards to other people, the enviroment or financial thought.

[chubbstar]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

these fish can survive in AU easily if introduced.there'll be no fish kill in winter time then because they eat most other fish and they r still feeding when it's freezing cold and they can kill most FW fish including bass and smaller barra. they r beasts!

What is it Kev? Do they kill everything like this post? Or they arnt that bad like in your last post?

Jayson

[kevinchen19870316]

Ash wrote:

yeah kev i hear what your saying. My gripe isnt whether the introduced species does or does not ruin the eco system, its the fact that people are still releasing feral/pest/alien species into systems! Thats what annoys me. The poeple who do this dont tend to research the fish first, they just act without regards to other people, the enviroment or financial thought.

bingo! i hate what the media's trying to do. but i strongly support what u say, the alien species should never be carried by human activities into ecosystems. actually it's quite dangerous when u consider that alien pets r allowed and a lot of ppl have no idea what their pets can do to the environment when released

[kevinchen19870316]

hey chubbstar, they CAM kill everything in my 1st post but they DON'T.

barra can kill bony bream but they never make bony bream extinct

[benno573]

i caught them in thailand when i was there. the locals love them. food and fun was the direct quote from my guide. they definately don't school like piranha but i still wouldn't want to place any body part that i deem too important near it's mouth. pretty viracious feeders. not unlike grinners really, full of teeth and bad manners, only these guys have beefed up on roids a bit more...

i'll see if i can find the old photos from my thai trip. we got a few of them.

[kevinchen19870316]

they don't attach ppl benno573 so ur'll be perfectly safe even if u enter a pond full of them and swim for ages in there. even if u hook them, they won't bite u intentionally. it's only when u place ur hand in their mouth, ur be ..... just like flattie.

[benno573]

i'm sure they don't attack people kev, if you saw me from underwater you probably wouldn't want to attack me either:laugh: . i still wouldn't put my finger in it's mouth. :laugh:

[cumbrian]

Unlike The Sun to sensationalise a story!

Stu.

[ellicat]

What's scary is that from the 19 reader comments only 1 was sceptical:blink: These types of publications should be made to declare they are just a dressed up comic:P

[kevinchen19870316]

i'd say most of ppl know nothing about fish. all the member here on the site r keen fisherman so we know what's going on. but most ppl have no idea what a fish can be so they just take for granted that what's publicised is right! pretty similar to how the green zone plan's carried on

[Angus]

ellicat wrote:

What's scary is that from the 19 reader comments only 1 was sceptical:blink: These types of publications should be made to declare they are just a dressed up comic:P

Hahaha yes and at least 3 made a point of "yet another foreginer in England" and at least 2 made a point of feeding Heather Mills to the fish. Hahahaha.

Angus

[ellicat]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

i'd say most of ppl know nothing about fish. all the member here on the site r keen fisherman so we know what's going on. but most ppl have no idea what a fish can be so they just take for granted that what's publicised is right! pretty similar to how the green zone plan's carried on

Spot on Kev. You may have noticed this gets up my big nose big time :evil:

Angus, The reader's comments sure add to the comic effect:laugh:

I think I might agree with the ones on Heather Mills :laugh: :laugh:

[benno573]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

i'd say most of ppl know nothing about fish. all the member here on the site r keen fisherman so we know what's going on. but most ppl have no idea what a fish can be so they just take for granted that what's publicised is right! pretty similar to how the green zone plan's carried on

well if you take that even further... daylight savings will fade your curtains apparently... green zones will fix everything and make sure there is fish for everyone and no plankton gets hurt... global warming is going to destroy the planet in the next 50-100 yrs... wearing sunscreen while swimming makes baby coral cry... etc etc etc

PEOPLE SUCK IT ALL IN!!!

how can a 4ft long fish eat a person??? i mean really guys... if people are crazy enough to believe that they could believe anything.

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks guys

[faulked]

benno573 wrote:

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

i'd say most of ppl know nothing about fish. all the member here on the site r keen fisherman so we know what's going on. but most ppl have no idea what a fish can be so they just take for granted that what's publicised is right! pretty similar to how the green zone plan's carried on

well if you take that even further... daylight savings will fade your curtains apparently... green zones will fix everything and make sure there is fish for everyone and no plankton gets hurt... global warming is going to destroy the planet in the next 50-100 yrs... wearing sunscreen while swimming makes baby coral cry... etc etc etc

PEOPLE SUCK IT ALL IN!!!

how can a 4ft long fish eat a person??? i mean really guys... if people are crazy enough to believe that they could believe anything.

how big ar pirahna

[chubbstar]

Benny Hinn:P :laugh: :laugh:

[kevinchen19870316]

faulked, pirahna r schooling fish but snakehead r not

[MichaelJ]

if you wana worry about a fish worry about pacu they follow the urine trail of things then eat them somewere not to be mentioned :ohmy: :dry:

and can grow up to 2m

[AngGoLee]

hey guys.. don't know what u guys believe in . I am from singapore and snakehead is a native species in our waterways. They are ferocious eaters and they will eat alot and almost anything in the water ( fishes , turtles , water fowl ). They are territorial as well .Although consider a pest in most countries they are exceptionally good eating and they are known to be good fighters. I rate them better than barra, cod or even mangrove jacks. If anyone of you ever had a chance to get one i am sure you guys will agree with me.:

Ps: btw it's true that they do attack humans because that is if they are provoke first but they don't delibrately hunt for humans for food !

[kevinchen19870316]

nice explanation angolee. has u heard of anyone ever been killed by the tasty "devil"?

[AngGoLee]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

nice explanation angolee. has u heard of anyone ever been killed by the tasty "devil"?

haha i wish.. so i can go down n exterminate the devil with my rods n reels !!