Massive snake-headed fish are invading rivers – and they can slither onto land

Massive snake-headed fish are invading rivers – and they can slither onto land

Source: metro

6/5/2024

Credit: Getty Images

An invasive, air-breathing fish with the head of a snake has been spotted slithering around Missouri.

Northern snakeheads go by many names: ‘Frankenfish’, ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ and ‘something from a bad horror movie’.

And for good reason. Among their almost mutant abilities, snakeheads can live for days on dry land, thrive in filthy water and are razor-toothed alpha hunters that can casually destroy ecosystems.

Northern snakehead

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4501	Record salmon count for River Tyne	BBC News	2011-06-26	UK
4502	Pompano Beach fishing captain cited for illegal possession of goliath grouper	sun-sentinel	2011-06-24	US
4503	Every Single Salmon Contains The Natural Chemical Tag	Underwatertimes	2011-06-23	UK
4504	High school football coach catches world record-sized 143lb catfish	Daily Mail	2011-06-21	US
4505	The Punishment Must Fit The Crime--Even For Hermaphroditic	underwatertimes	2011-06-15	UK
4506	Fluorescent fish glows to show feminising chemicals up	newscientist	2011-06-08	AU
4507	Monster Fish Researcher Zeb Hogan Named National Geographic Fellow	underwatertimes	2011-06-11	US
4508	Gonna need a second boat: Man catches 9½-foot bluefin tuna in 22-foot Grady-White off OBX coast	The Virginian-Pilot	2021-03-02	US
4509	Marine group calls for stricter fishing gear rules after right whale death	CBC News	2021-03-01	CA
4510	Australian scientist gets baby fish to bust a move to MC Hammer classic	theguardian	2021-03-03	AU
4511	Welsh Angler Catches World Record Giant Mekong Catfish	outdoorlife	2011-06-09	TH
4512	Unusual sturgeon gathering a casting call for Bay Area anglers	petethomasoutdoors	2011-06-08	US
4513	Fluorescent lizardfish, glowing reefs in Fiji	Mongabay.com	2011-06-06	FJ
4514	Male Desert Goby Fish - Put Courtship Before Childcare	Underwatertimes	2011-10-11	AU
4515	Lake Erie could harbor Asian carp	upi	2011-06-02	CA
4516	Bass Angler Robert Pearson To Literally Enjoy Home Cookin This Weekend	underwatertimes	2011-06-02	US
4517	Angler Teddy Carr Records Top-10 Finish In Weekend Bassmaster Tourney	underwatertimes	2011-05-17	US
4518	Upper Red Lake / A fish is a fish, but a minnow isn’t, court says	Pioneer Press	2011-04-11	US
4519	How to Catch a 1,000 Pound Fish	popularmechanics	2011-03-09	CA
4520	Cornish fisherman gives 'rarely seen' fish to aquarium	BBC News	2011-04-11	UK
4521	PHIL MORLOCK APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF CSIA/CNSF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS	keepcanadafishing	2020-09-13	CA
4522	Salmon rod fishing catches at record high in Scotland	BBC News	2011-03-24	UK
4523	Russia's amateur fishermen protest new rules: report	Kommersant	2011-03-29	RU
4524	Invasion of aggressive fish feared	CBC News	2011-03-29	CA
4525	Danube sturgeon on the brink of extinction?	BBC News	2011-04-09	RO

180 of [223 - pages.]