Despite the press coverage and sterilization of the pond in which snakehead stocks were first discovered; the northern snakehead continues to make inroads into American waterways.
A recent study conducted by Nick Lapointe a post-doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech revealed that most snakeheads winter in known habitat but that atleast one individual ventured into new territory. Given the size and vibrancy of the snakehead population near Mount Vernon, further expansion of the fish should be expected.
From WDBJ7
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1 comments:
I wish people would stop releasing non native animals! Its a bummer they did all that and they are still around:( The koi herpes virus has been found in wild fish now because of people releasing koi.
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