Pacu caught in a Jersey lake...

[davenmandy]

Sorry if this was already posted (not gonna blame the new format for that I swear!!), but thought people may find this interesting. Maybe.

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2015/06/24/22470476.html

 

[ehh]

Lol. Why haven't these fish been made iilegal to own yet?

 

[souzie]

It makes me sad whenever I hear of fish being dumped by their owners.

 

[Jakob]

Quote from the article: "A bizarre fish with a nasty reputation for biting off testicles with its human-like teeth has been caught in a New Jersey lake". I gotta say I laughed.

 

[spotfin]

Quote from the article: "A bizarre fish with a nasty reputation for biting off testicles with its human-like teeth has been caught in a New Jersey lake". I gotta say I laughed.

Wasn't that referring to the River Monsters show?

 

[MyGiants]

I read that today they reported it as a "Rare pacu" fish.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

That's why fish keeper need to do some research before buying a fish...Pacu does look cute at 2 inches and cheap in any LFS...3 months later a 2 inches fish would reach 10 inches or even bigger if well fed and given good care.

 

[Aquanero]

Obviously someone dumped it, wouldn't last through the fall anyway.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

It's not the point its last or not going to last through fall or winter season, the more peoples carelessly dump their fishes in any nearby lakes or ponds then the change that species would ended up in ban to own list higher. Also, don't underestimate nature adaptation within each species!

 

[krichardson]

I read that today they reported it as a "Rare pacu" fish.

Well...a pacu in a Jersey lake certainly is a rare find.