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<\/span>Invasive foreign species has become a serious global issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today I read that giant Asian Leaping Carp<\/strong> are heading to the Great Lakes<\/strong>, the world’s largest collective body of fresh water<\/u>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Lakes provide drinking water for 40 million Americans.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw fishermen being attacked by these leaping fish on TV awhile ago, but I did not see the beginning of the newscast, and had no way of knowing what type of fish they were or the location. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, these huge Carp have actually injured boaters, and several boaters have had to use garbage can lids as a shield<\/u>. The vibration from the boats cause the Asian Leaping Carp<\/strong> to suddenly leap out of the water – and these fish can weigh up to 100 pounds<\/strong>! Can you imagine trying to fend off a 100 pound fish with a garbage can lid?
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<\/span>The story of how these giant carp came to be in our U.S.<\/strong> waterways comes from<\/span> <\/em>the State of <\/strong><\/span> <\/em>Arkansas<\/strong>. The fish were contained there in fish farms, and due to severe flooding in the 90’s, the fish escaped into the Mississippi River<\/strong>, and then into the tributaries. <\/span><\/p>\n

The giant Carp filter huge amounts of water, along with consuming a whopping 40%<\/strong> of their body weight per day. In other words, they eat all the plant and animal life that form the aquatic food chain. <\/span><\/p>\n

After the food chain is gone, then deadly algae <\/strong>forms. Some of this algae emits toxins which cause skin irritation, severe illness and in some cases death. This toxic algae also lends a swamp taste and smell to drinking water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now back to the Great Lakes issue – around the city of Chicago<\/strong> is a small underwater canal, with an electrical field, and this is the only thing separating the giant Carp from entering the Great Lakes<\/strong>. “The electric barrier is rather crude, but it’s the best thing we have now,” said ecologist David Lodge<\/strong> of Notre Dame University<\/strong><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

It costs billions to fight invasive foreign species, because a new species is discovered in the Great Lakes every nine months. A couple of years ago, a Chicago<\/strong> fisherman caught a Northern Snakehead<\/strong> – this is another extremely voracious fish that actually comes out of the water, and can move across the land to another body of water.
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There are many ways these invaders get into our waterways – ocean vessels dump foreign species from their ballast water, fishermen dump their bait, and even the peaceful Buddhist<\/strong> may play a role. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Buddhist<\/strong> have a tradition that calls for setting one fish free for each one eaten, and the State of Illinois<\/strong> had to enact a ban on transporting live Carp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Reuters <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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