Snakehead caught in Lincolnshire UK
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you heard what the sun newspaper has written about them ?
here it is !
A SAVAGE fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for the first time sparking fears of a deadly invasion.
The vicious giant snakehead EATS everything it comes across and has even been reported to KILL people.
The monster from south-east Asia has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth, can crawl on land and survive out of water for up to four days.
News that a 2ft specimen had been hooked in an English river caused widespread panic among anglers and conservationists.
An Environment Agency source said last night: The reaction was, Oh s***. This is the ultimate invasive species if it starts breeding here its a disaster. Angler Andy Alder caught the snakehead while using a sprat as bait for pike on the River Witham near North Hykeham, Lincs.
Andy, of Lincoln, said: It had a gob full of razor-sharp teeth. To be honest it looked terrifying.
Experts who studied photos of Andys catch confirmed it was the predator which is on a list of species that cannot be imported into the UK.
It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released. Snakeheads caused chaos when they were found in America in 2002, with snipers setting up on banksides to shoot them and entire lakes being poisoned to kill them.
Ben Weir, of fishing mag Anglers Mail, said: In all my time of working within fishing I have never heard so many concerned voices.
Adult snakeheads can grow to 3ft long and weigh as much as 44lb.
full article here http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article817553.ece
here it is !
A SAVAGE fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for the first time sparking fears of a deadly invasion.
The vicious giant snakehead EATS everything it comes across and has even been reported to KILL people.
The monster from south-east Asia has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth, can crawl on land and survive out of water for up to four days.
News that a 2ft specimen had been hooked in an English river caused widespread panic among anglers and conservationists.
An Environment Agency source said last night: The reaction was, Oh s***. This is the ultimate invasive species if it starts breeding here its a disaster. Angler Andy Alder caught the snakehead while using a sprat as bait for pike on the River Witham near North Hykeham, Lincs.
Andy, of Lincoln, said: It had a gob full of razor-sharp teeth. To be honest it looked terrifying.
Experts who studied photos of Andys catch confirmed it was the predator which is on a list of species that cannot be imported into the UK.
It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released. Snakeheads caused chaos when they were found in America in 2002, with snipers setting up on banksides to shoot them and entire lakes being poisoned to kill them.
Ben Weir, of fishing mag Anglers Mail, said: In all my time of working within fishing I have never heard so many concerned voices.
Adult snakeheads can grow to 3ft long and weigh as much as 44lb.
full article here http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article817553.ece
Holy crap! if its in The Sun it must be true. 
It would be nice to see a pic of the actual fish he caught tho no?
It would be nice to see a pic of the actual fish he caught tho no?
i was reading it in the local papers today. funny what it said. it was sumthing like "..........maneating", "more ferocious than a pirhana", and then went on to say good thing theese are banned in australia. little do they know there are many here.
yeh right its just the media doing a great job of scaremongering and blowing thing out of proportion once again.
Daily Mail was just as good
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=516092&in_page_id=1770
Ben Weir, of the Anglers Mail, said: "In all my time of working within fishing I have never heard so many concerned voices."
Luckily Mr Alder realised the potential damage the snakehead could cause and did not throw it back. It later died and he disposed of it.
Here we go
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=516092&in_page_id=1770
Ben Weir, of the Anglers Mail, said: "In all my time of working within fishing I have never heard so many concerned voices."
Luckily Mr Alder realised the potential damage the snakehead could cause and did not throw it back. It later died and he disposed of it.
Here we go
snakeheads are very common in my country (Malaysia), they can be found in everywhere ---> Lake, pond, river, even drain, etc.
But, i seldom (really seldom frm the media) heard bout news or story that SNAKEHEAD hurts people.
Anyway, some species of snakeheads (channa) are really awesome, and cool to be keep.
But, i seldom (really seldom frm the media) heard bout news or story that SNAKEHEAD hurts people.
Anyway, some species of snakeheads (channa) are really awesome, and cool to be keep.