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Re: A very Bad thing
I'd be nukeing those ponds ......
Robert Rice
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 18:59:52 EDT LawrenceT5 at aol_com writes:
>Here is exerpt from the APHIS Aquaculture Industry Report from August
>1997
>
>
>
>APHIS Aquaculture Industry Report
>August 1997
>United States Department of Agriculture
>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
>
>New Aquaculture Threat in Georgia
>
> The Asian eel (Monopterus albus), in the United States a
>descendant of
>exotic aquarium pets set free in the wild, is adapting, reproducing,
>and
>making itself at home in several south Georgia ponds. The eel, a
>flesh-eating
>predator that can grow as long as 3 feet, has been found in three
>ponds thus
>far. Officials fear this exotic predator may soon find its way into
>Georgia's
>streams and rivers and from there infest not only Georgia but Alabama
>and
>Florida as well.
>
>
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