A "strange fish" appeared in a lake in Henan, and it took a month to catch it. Why is it so difficult to catch it?
A "strange fish" appeared in a lake in Henan, and it took a month to catch it. Why is it so difficult to catch it? On August 23, in a park in Pingdingshan, Henan, a rare event happened: a number of media broadcast live by the artificial lake in the park, and the number of netizens watching online also exceeded 30 million. So, what is this? What are you doing? tens of millions of netizens watch the "catch fish", did they encounter a "water monster"?
It is reported that more than a month ago, many local residents reported that there were many small fish in the park lake, and it was very pleasant to watch them swim around. However, I don't know what happened later, the fish in the lake became less and less. If it is said that these fish died of disease, but no group of dead fish were found floating on the water. The work in the park The personnel also proved that there was no abnormal death of fish in the lake. However, the fish in the lake are seeing less and less day by day. What is going on here? Until later, some residents discovered that there was a very large black shadow swimming in the lake, and it looked very strange, so they reported the situation to the park management staff, so, in order to find out what the "strange fish" in the lake was What, it took nearly a month for the park to pump the water out of the lake. Finally, on the day of August 23, in the lake that had been drained, the "strange fish" finally showed its true body, and tens of millions of netizens also witnessed the moment of catching the "strange fish". However, After the "weird fish" was caught and landed, many netizens were dumbfounded, because this "weird fish" had a pointed mouth and long teeth, and it looked like a mutant creature. So what is this "strange fish"? There are fewer and fewer fish in the lake, is it really related to it?
Soon, it was pointed out that this "strange fish" was an invasive alien species from North America - the alligator gar. It is one of the living fossils on the earth. As early as the age of dinosaurs, it has already lived on the earth. In the past 100 million years, most of the species on the earth have experienced the survival of the fittest in nature, and have completely become history. However, the alligator gar has survived to this day, and there is no risk of extinction. It can be seen that it does have some skills. Relevant experts said that the alligator gar lives in the major waters of the Americas and can compete with the American alligator. Although it lives in the water, it can not only kill young American alligators, but also Eat all kinds of small animals near the water. And as a pure "carnivore", the alligator gar is still born with a good appetite and is not picky eater. As long as it is any living thing it can catch, it can eat it, if it is not for the American alligator in the waters of the Americas If they contain it, then the local biodiversity has long been destroyed by the alligator gar. Therefore, as an invasive species, the alligator gar has no opponents outside the American continent. Therefore, they are also globally recognized as "ecological killers", because wherever it goes, it can be described as "invisible" , will eat the water, and any living thing near the surface. This is also the reason why the residents of Pingdingshan found that the fish in the lake in the park was less and less day by day, because they were all eaten by the alligator gar in the lake, and if it hadn't been discovered later, they would not have taken it. If you catch it in time, it will not take long for the fish in the lake to disappear completely. You must know that alligator gars have done this in many places in my country. For example, in 2018, a koi in a lake in Guangdong, my country, suddenly disappeared mysteriously. Later, after investigation, a crocodile sparrow was finally fished out of the lake. The eel, apparently, devoured all the koi in the lake. Why do alligator gars appear in our country?
Speaking of which, this is not the first time that Pingdingshan has fished out alligator gars from the lake. As early as last year and in July this year, many alligator gars have been fished out of the lake in Central Park. It is impossible for them to swim from the Americas to our country. Naturally, there is only one reason for the appearance of alligator gars in water bodies all over our country - they were released into the water. As for why some people do this, it needs to be said from the end of the last century. At that time, the alligator gar entered my country as an ornamental fish. Although it looked ugly, it was also raised as a "pet fish" by many people, but the alligator gar was originally a The "big guy" can grow up to more than 3 meters in length in adulthood, and they are very vicious and will bite people. Therefore, many people have raised them for a period of time and see that the fish tank can no longer hold alligator gars, so they will be given to them. let go. However, this kind of private release can easily lead to a catastrophe. On the one hand, the alligator gar will bite people. A few days ago, a boy in Jiangsu, my country, was playing in the landscape pool of the community. Bitten. On the other hand, they are "extinct households". After they settle down in wild water bodies, it will not take long for the local biodiversity to be affected. Therefore, whether it is for safety or environmental protection, It is not recommended for everyone to keep crocodile gars, especially the behavior of releasing them privately is not advisable. Therefore, if you find alligator gars in any water body, you must report them in time and let professionals catch them and deal with them.