Eating Aliens: One Man's Adventures Hunting Invasive Animal Species - Plot & Excerpts
On the very first cast I’d caught a fish! I could bring it in, kill it, put it on ice, and go home. Mission accomplished!Only not so much. I had it in close enough that I could see it was definitely a snakehead. Then it did a sort of sideways flip, bit through the line, and disappeared. I was left with a sadly chomped-off length of fishing line and an open mouth.My first thought was: I’m going to need a bigger rod.If there’s a poster child for invasive species in North America, it’s the snakehead fish. In 2002, the first wild population was detected in a pond in Crofton, Maryland. Within days, the national media went crazy over the discovery, branding the invaders “Frankenfish.” The species was bizarre to them because of its apparent lack of predators, sharp teeth, and its ability to survive for long periods on dry land. Some species of snakehead can grow to more than three feet long. The public’s imagination quickly processed this information and imagined an enormous fish that would squirm out of the water, crawl over the ground, and kill pets or even human beings.
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