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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Whoa. How do they know it's only 4 or 5 fish?
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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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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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World's Biggest Koi Pond.
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Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.
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Probably genetics.Whoa. How do they know it's only 4 or 5 fish?
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Or a "frankenfish".Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.
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What's more annoying? Goldfish invasion of Lake Tahoe or the "reporter?"
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I'm just saying..... I've seen that movie, it's not a problem you want to deal with.Or a "frankenfish".Just be thankful they didn't deposit their pet alligator in the lake.
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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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Bart vs Australlia.
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What's more annoying? Goldfish invasion of Lake Tahoe or the "reporter?"
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