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taxi

(2,014 posts) Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:02 PM Mar 2021

Meet Florida's newest invasive species, an ugly Amazonian river monster that can grow 10 feet long

Meet Florida’s newest invasive species, an ugly Amazonian river monster that can grow 10 feet long

Scared yet?

Then finally, in the penultimate paragraph:

How the dead arapaima got to the Caloosahatchee River remains a mystery. There’s a chance someone had it as a pet and released it into the wild.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ne-ss-prem-arapaima-invasive-monster-fish-florida-20210304-qmni4zjpwjgntaxa7q4l3n3wom-story.html?outputType=amp&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Don%27t%20Miss&utm_content=5601614893888&__twitter_impression=true

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Meet Florida's newest invasive species, an ugly Amazonian river monster that can grow 10 feet long (Original Post) taxi Mar 2021 OP

Link? gainesvillenole Mar 2021 #1

Sorry, here: taxi Mar 2021 #4

We watch River Monsters on TV leftieNanner Mar 2021 #2

They really are. Look at these: taxi Mar 2021 #6

They are endangered and a protected species in the Amazon leftieNanner Mar 2021 #7

Ouch taxi Mar 2021 #8

I used to watch it. Didn't the guy who does the show get his arm broken by one? captain queeg Mar 2021 #9

I think so leftieNanner Mar 2021 #10

I thought it might be my ex for a moment. CentralMass Mar 2021 #3

I'm convinced. taxi Mar 2021 #5

Almost As Ugly As The Other Florida Invasive Species... smb Mar 2021 #11

+1!!! mitch96 Mar 2021 #14

Ok, so that explains half of the fishes and loaves story. Chainfire Mar 2021 #12

In this county alone we are eliminating 43k acres of panther habitat taxi Mar 2021 #13

gainesvillenole

(133 posts)

1. Link?

Reply to taxi (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:07 PM

Mar 2021

taxi

(2,014 posts)

4. Sorry, here:

Reply to gainesvillenole (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:12 PM

Mar 2021

leftieNanner

(15,743 posts)

2. We watch River Monsters on TV

Reply to taxi (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:08 PM

Mar 2021

The arapaima is a nasty fish.

Maybe it can eat some of the Burmese Pythons???

taxi

(2,014 posts)

6. They really are. Look at these:

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:14 PM

Mar 2021

https://www.livescience.com/47354-amazon-arapaima-fish-photos.html

leftieNanner

(15,743 posts)

7. They are endangered and a protected species in the Amazon

Reply to taxi (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:16 PM

Mar 2021

When Jeremy Wade fished for one, he had to do it using a fly rod! And he had to get specific permission to do it too. Catch and release, of course. I think the one he caught on the show was around 250 pounds!

taxi

(2,014 posts)

8. Ouch

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:19 PM

Mar 2021

I once landed a five foot tarpon from shore, I'll never mess with those big fish again. I don't know how he does it.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

9. I used to watch it. Didn't the guy who does the show get his arm broken by one?

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:20 PM

Mar 2021

He climbed into a holding tank where they were netting one of these fish to help net one and got slammed by a struggling fish. Large and aggressive.

leftieNanner

(15,743 posts)

10. I think so

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:22 PM

Mar 2021

His show airs on the Animal Planet channel on Fridays. One of the few things my husband and I watch together.

CentralMass

(15,598 posts)

3. I thought it might be my ex for a moment.

Reply to taxi (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:09 PM

Mar 2021

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taxi

(2,014 posts)

5. I'm convinced.

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:13 PM

Mar 2021

No more fish in the car.

smb

(3,594 posts)

11. Almost As Ugly As The Other Florida Invasive Species...

Reply to taxi (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:29 PM

Mar 2021

...the Noxious Orange Blob from Queens.

mitch96

(14,768 posts)

14. +1!!!

Reply to smb (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:57 PM

Mar 2021

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

12. Ok, so that explains half of the fishes and loaves story.

Reply to taxi (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:41 PM

Mar 2021

Two of them would feed a pile of folks, and of course, they probably taste just like chicken.

Assholes in South Florida never saw an invasive species that they didn't want to release into the wild. Maybe those fish will go to war on the Pythons.

taxi

(2,014 posts)

13. In this county alone we are eliminating 43k acres of panther habitat

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:49 PM

Mar 2021

That's the camel's nose.

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