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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:24 pm

http://abcnews.go.com/US/3000-invasive- ... d=30134445
Colorado wildlife officials say they believe someone dumped four to five pet goldfish in a Boulder lake about two years ago, and they have now multiplied to over 3,000 to 4,000 fish.

Because the goldfish are a non-native species, they threaten Teller Lake #5's entire aquatic ecosystem, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill told ABC News today.

"Dumping your pets into a lake could bring diseases to native animals and plants as well as out-compete them for resources," Churchill said. "Everything can be affected. Non-native species can potentially wipe out the fishery as we've put it together."

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:28 pm

Whoa. How do they know it's only 4 or 5 fish?

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Postby Silentom » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:28 pm

I can't believe those 4-5 survived. I'd expect them to be devoured by a bass pretty quickly. That having been said, some people are just idiots with no common sense. There's a reason it's illegal to fish with them.

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Postby TheHammer24 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:30 pm

Now that we're on the "new" board, I propose that these one-off stories get their own threads more often!! This fascinates me, but these things too often get lost in JTOR or "The official one-off story thread."

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Postby blackjack68 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:32 pm

World's Biggest Koi Pond.

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:37 pm

Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.

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Postby grunthy » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:40 pm

Whoa. How do they know it's only 4 or 5 fish?
Probably genetics.

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Postby AuthorTony » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:34 pm

Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.
Or a "frankenfish".

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Postby blackjack68 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:35 pm

What's more annoying? Goldfish invasion of Lake Tahoe or the "reporter?"


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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:36 pm

Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.
Or a "frankenfish".
I'm just saying..... I've seen that movie, it's not a problem you want to deal with.

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Postby Pavel Bure » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:37 pm

We used to catch goldfish in the local stream. We guess someone had dumped their pets and the. They multiplied. They're basically just carp.

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Postby NAN » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:41 pm

Bart vs Australlia.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:33 am

What's more annoying? Goldfish invasion of Lake Tahoe or the "reporter?"


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