Sunday, May 17, 2009

For example my search also netted this piece on the Internet...

Giant man-eating catfish found in Guangdong reservoir, China.


Fact. Each year, a few people were drowned mysteriously in Huadu's Furong Reservoir. It was not until recently when the brother of a certain official went swimming in the reservoir with his friend and were drowned that the secret was unraveled! It's a 3 meter long man-eating catfish whose head alone is 1 meter wide! After cutting up the catfish people were surprised to find the remains of a man inside. Because this was a huge incident, and the local government was afraid of the impact on local tourism, they imposed an embargo on the news, but people came away with these pictures taken on their cell phones of the man-eating fish.
http://www.mythsfacts.com/Giant-cat-fish-eats-humans.htm

FD: NO... that is not a catfish... it is a shark.
My point is simply that exotic pets become BIG exotic problems when released into OUR natural wild areas.

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