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In Defense of the Snakehead |
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by John Ramsey
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04 Jul 2004
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In Defense of the Snakehead
Unwanted invader fish gives us a striking lesson from Nature.
by John Ramsey
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For those of us who watch the news regularly, occasionally we notice a story that bucks the trend. After nearly 40 years, the media have suddenly reversed course -- at least when it comes to one small issue. I am referring to the recent articles about a fish called the snakehead. Snakeheads have found their way into the waterways and ponds of Maryland, far from their native lands of southeast Asia. What I found strange about the story is that -- surprise, surprise -- these invaders are most definitely not welcome.
Here in the land of the red, white and blue that knows no limit to immigration, suddenly there is an exception.
According to a recent report in the Washington Post, the invader is described as the "feared northern snakehead, a predatory fish native to Asia that has infiltrated Potomac waters and threatens to disrupt one of the region's most important ecosystems. Nine snakeheads have been caught in a 14-mile span of the Potomac River and its tributaries -- from Little Hunting Creek on the Virginia side down to the Mattawoman Creek in Charles County -- and some scientists have become convinced that the fish has established a breeding population."
If you caught the news you would have seen environmental authorities poisoning the waters and draining the habitat that they thought contained snakeheads.
That doesn’t seem very tolerant to me. What about all this wonderful 'diversity'? Doesn’t that apply to fish, too? Some say it is "our greatest strength." Why is that not true for all species?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service doesn't think it is.
They say this fish poses a threat to the native fishes, so it must be eradicated. They say the predatory, aggressive behavior of the snakehead is not healthy for our waterways.
What happens to a species or subspecies when its territory is invaded by aliens who look -- and behave -- differently, threateningly? Sometimes they are wiped out. Sometimes a whole ecosystem can be destroyed. Now look at our cities: A rare and precious subspecies of human beings is being driven out, killed, and mixed into extinction. A culture is being destroyed.
The environmentalists are concerned that the snakeheads will eventually destroy the other species (races) of native fish in this country. But what about "tolerance"? What about all the "enrichment" that the other fishes won't be able to experience as they are overrun and overwhelmed by the snakeheads?
Too bad more of us don’t understand that our culture and customs and gene pool are in the same situation vis a vis non-White immigration as our native fish populations are in relation to the snakeheads. Are we not being threatened with total cultural and racial extintion by runaway -- and predatory -- Third World immigration?
Perhaps we can learn something from the snakehead invasion.
Read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24888-2004Jul2.html
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_183161859.html
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Re: In Defense of the Snakehead |
by nope
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04 Jul 2004
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Fish species and human races aren't the same thing. |
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Re: In Defense of the Snakehead |
by never
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04 Jul 2004
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The zebra mussel is from Europe: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/zmoverview.html |
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Re: In Defense of the Snakehead |
by don't think so
not gonna happen (unverified) |
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04 Jul 2004
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Not to be outdone, the Sea Lamprey: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/lamprey.html |
