and you thought fish were fun!
officials do not think goldfish are fun when the fish started being caught in Lake Tahoe in what officials are calling a case of aquarium dumping, the massive bright red and orange fish are feared to be steadily multiplying in the waters of Sierra Nevada after managing to survive after allegedly being released into the wild by humans,
Christine Ngai, a researcher who frequents the lake hunting invasive species, notably the largemouth bass, says the numbers of goldfish found are astonishing and potentially devastating to the lake's ecosystem, Ms Ngai visits the lake with a team who use electric prongs to stun fish for collecting from the water, 'You can get 200 fish in one scoop,' she said of their method, but lately the results in that scoop have been far from ordinary,
Ms Ngai says the immediate threat to the lake is still the growing population of largemouth bass, but with the spike in goldfish numbers, she says it's an upcoming threat that can't be ignored and no I will not do a goldfish and chips joke!
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