MIAMI, Oct. 24 — The Asian swamp eel is three feet of indestructible, slimy serpent — and marine biologists fear that the invasive species could eventually threaten waterways along America’s East Coast.
“SWAMP EELS don’t have arms,” said fish biologist Wayne Starnes of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. “But if they had sleeves, they would have more tricks up their sleeve than a dirty poker player.”
The federal government suspects the eels, popular in Asia, were first brought to the United States as food. But now they’re flourishing in the canals surrounding Florida’s Everglades — and the species is spreading.
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“SWAMP EELS don’t have arms,” said fish biologist Wayne Starnes of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. “But if they had sleeves, they would have more tricks up their sleeve than a dirty poker player.”
The federal government suspects the eels, popular in Asia, were first brought to the United States as food. But now they’re flourishing in the canals surrounding Florida’s Everglades — and the species is spreading.
Want to learn more?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/480865.asp
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Alien - Administrator / Owner
["Everything was true. God was an alien. Oz really is over the
rainbow. ...and Midian is where the monsters live." -Nightbreed]