http://planetsave.com/2009/11/20/invasion-of-the-fish-snatchers/ Global Warming News. Activism & Politics News. Science News. Sun, 27 May 2012 12:29:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://planetsave.com/2009/11/20/invasion-of-the-fish-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-84030 Duane Chapman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:23 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=5040#comment-84030 I don't know if my earlier comment made it clear - I said "there may have been some ponds that flooded in the 93 flood" - but there is no record of that happening at all. If it did happen, it was not reported. I don’t know if my earlier comment made it clear – I said “there may have been some ponds that flooded in the 93 flood” – but there is no record of that happening at all. If it did happen, it was not reported.

]]> http://planetsave.com/2009/11/20/invasion-of-the-fish-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-84029 Duane Chapman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:46:59 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=5040#comment-84029 Bighead and silver carp did NOT originally escape during flooding of the early 90s. The first silver carp was captured from the wild in 1972! Bigheads were abundant in the late 1980s. There may have been some ponds that flooded in the 93 flood, but the only reason there "is agreement" that this happened is because it sounds logical to the uninformed and that it has been so often repeated in the media that it is common (although probably incorrect) knowledge. There was a farm that flooded later, on the Osage River, but that was after the fish were already well established. The most logical reason for the escape of bighead and silver carp is carelessness, not the capriciousness of mother nature. Bighead and silver carp did NOT originally escape during flooding of the early 90s. The first silver carp was captured from the wild in 1972! Bigheads were abundant in the late 1980s. There may have been some ponds that flooded in the 93 flood, but the only reason there “is agreement” that this happened is because it sounds logical to the uninformed and that it has been so often repeated in the media that it is common (although probably incorrect) knowledge. There was a farm that flooded later, on the Osage River, but that was after the fish were already well established. The most logical reason for the escape of bighead and silver carp is carelessness, not the capriciousness of mother nature.

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