It's clear what must be done.

We must nuke the Potomac.

His name is Juilo and he likes burritos.

Maybe the Bush administration will declare war on them... we all know how well that ends up... hahahah... ha... :(

I was hoping to hear that real aliens from another planet had landed in Virginia and were eating all the old people.

trifecta?

Well, crap.

50 bucks bounty per head on the little bastards, anyone?

Would a trouser snake alien be able to defeat a blue jean bass ninja?

/nada

Wow, 4 posts until the obligatory Bush reference. You people are slacking off.

Slightly misleading, but not a lie.

If we can somehow teach them to climb trees and eat the ciccadas, we're all set.

In the winter, the snakeheads will freeze to death.

Only one real solution, tactical nuclear strike

If we can somehow teach them to climb trees and eat the ciccadas, we're all set.

If they piss gasoline, THEN we're all set.

"If it bleeds...we can kill it."

Nuke 'em from outer space. Only way to be sure.

Hey, wait!

whatever. they eat everything else, then they become our staple crop.

/you know who to call

I'd hit 'em.

"After all, aliens are just like you or me: they like their food young, juicy and delicious.'

What about their poonanny?

"You can get it from a snake prostitute, for twenty-five dollars."

/Jeopardy

I have a friend who owns one in his fish collection. Why? I have no idea other than to say he does. It eats everything.

A what found in who's vagina?!

...Because the Potomac is too vast a body of water to effectively hunt for more snakeheads, Maryland natural resources officials are relying on recreational anglers to determine if any more fish are in the river.

Nah, that guy caught the last one. (sarcasm off now.)

Nuke em'

To be serious for a moment. This is not a problem. It amazes me how "environmentally conscious" people can be such flaming idiots. They look around and see how the environment is today or was 10 years ago or 100 years ago or 1000 years ago or whatever time period they happen to have some romanticized notion about, and then simply declare that anything which happens that might change that image they have (which is frequently not even real... the spotted owl was never even close to being in danger of being extinct for example) is "wrong".

Before the world was as it is today, it was as it was yesterday. Change is part of nature. Lakes become deserts, dominant species die off and give way to a new set of species, etc. Animals carry around spores, seeds, etc, and change the horticultural landscape. Species of plants and animals adapt, evolve, become different.

Where do these people get off saying the snakehead fish is alien? Or that it is dangerous? Yes, it may eat everything in sight. It is an effective predator. Effective predators are just as much a part of nature as those other fish that are not very good at being elusive prey. When they say that these species would not "naturally" meet up with each other, what exactly do they mean? Do they think there is a brick wall around every place they exist? Why is it natural for a bear to snag some fish eggs on its fur and then accidentally drop them loose in another body of water but its not natural for a human being to accidentally bring one over on a boat?

We are simply a new natural form of locomotion for plants and animals. These voracious new species will follow the common pattern that always happens. They will get into an established community, throw it off balance, exhaust their food supply, great quantities will die off, the food supply will rekindle itself, the snakeheads will eat more and fark more and grow in numbers again and it all starts over. That's nature.

Nature IS NOT a quarantined preserve unless you consider the entire planet to be one.

Can't find a image go along with this comment, so it loses some of it's 'umph'.

It sounds like the DC area might have to declare a snakehead whacking day.

To properly dispose of the snakeheads, I suggest importing a small number of Chupacabra, known for their voracious appetites (though mostly of goats).

Then when winter rolls around, the Chupacabra will promptly freeze to death, and all will be well again.

The May 7th snakehead was caught around the corner from where I grew up. Yay!

I believe Whacking Day is May 10, so we have to wait 51 weeks for the next one.

I have two Snakeheads in my 90 gallon tank. both over 2 feet and eat 150 Goldfish a week including mice, ham, chicken and turkey or whatever else I feel like tossing in the water. They're amazing fish and shouldn't be treated like monsters in my opinion....
but what do I know.

otakucode

No doubt nature is in a constant state of evolution and change however, as a fisherman, I would be mighty ticked if those things were introduced into Alberta's ecosystmen and destroyed some of the world's best flyfishing.

otakucode,

Do you have any understanding of the food chain? This fish spreading across the states could severely impact local fisherman and then harm any species that rely on fish. These animals dying out could cause rapid declines and rises in other animals, possibly causing health issues for humans. Imagine mosquito problems if the tiny fish that eat larva were wiped out by these things!

Nasty lookin' critters.

ooops

ecosystmen=ecosystem

No doubt nature is in a constant state of evolution and change however, as a fisherman, I would be mighty ticked if those things were introduced into Alberta's ecosystmen and destroyed some of the world's best flyfishing.

No worries about that here. The only interesting thing one can fish out of the potomac is an intern's corpse.

shoot, that's nothing. Downriver in the VA Beach/Norfolk area they have been fishing body parts in suitcases out of the bay. Now THATS good eatin'!

otakucode

Agreed. Thing is, this fishy was an introduction (or so the article states), thus it is an unnatural intervention. There exists no natural balance. There are many documented cases of these kinds of goofs throughout history. Some turned out okay, others didn't.

Aaaiii! El Chupacabra est muy hambre!!!!!

Mios Dios!!! Run for your lives!!!

What's with all the "/nada"? I'm typing this in America damnit! They should type in my language! I shouldn't have to be educated! Multiculturalism is crap!

/Maryland sarcasm

" No worries about that here. The only interesting thing one can fish out of the potomac is an intern's corpse."

Not true - the Potomac has great bass, catfish and carp fishing -- some sturgeon too, although I think they are protected. The tidal areas offer shellfish, crab, as well as lots of diverse fishing.

Hyernel

I think that should be

Aaaiii! El Chupacabra tiene mucho hambre!!!!!

Dios Mio!!! Run for your lives!!!

/Multicultural

Must be from the planet Eternium.

does anyone else see a pattern here??? Snakeheads are "voracious aliens"... scary! where do they come from? China! Scary! Reminds me of "Asian Lady Beetles" (just like your garden-variety Ladybug, only meaner-they bite!- and from Asia)and "Africanized Killer Bees" (who will obviously kill you but, oops!, they don't really exist). Why, when something is new or unknown, does calling it African or Asian make it so much scarier for Westerners? Call it an "alien" and we all want to see it. Call it Asian or African and we all want to kill it. Hmmm...

Not true - the Potomac has great bass, catfish and carp fishing -- some sturgeon too, although I think they are protected. The tidal areas offer shellfish, crab, as well as lots of diverse fishing.

I grew up in DC, but haven't fished the potomac since I was a kid. Back then all we could seem to catch were eels, with the occasional catfish. It was also a muddy, sewage infested, smelly, digusting river. Sounds like things have gotten better.

a couple of years ago here in Ohio it was the zebra mussel (sp?) that was going to take over the world, little critter that filters the crap out of the water. Now Lake Erie is as clean as it has ever been, and some of the other lakes are better off also.

from what I have read on other web pages last year when the "frankenfish" was taking over the eastern part of wherever, they do not do well with severe winters. no ice fishing for these things

But Africans and Asians are scary! Sort of.