kickingfrog Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080907/...ity_flying_fish LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts. Seth Russell, 15, of Crossett, was cruising Lake Chicot on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp leaped from the water and smacked him in the face. Seth was knocked unconscious. The teen had oral surgery to wire several teeth together and has back pain doctors attribute to whiplash from the high-speed collision. He's not the only one who's had a run-in with the "flying" Silver Asian carp. Carole Engle, director of aquaculture and the fisheries centre at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, says the fish do not fly but they are good jumpers and over the last year, she has had some calls about them causing injuries on Lake Chicot. "Their jumping behaviour is a problem and their population appears to be growing there," Engle said. Silver Asian carp were first imported to the United States in the 1970s. Catfish farmers brought them in to remove algae and other suspended matter from their ponds. The Environmental Protection Agency started a program allowing cities to use the fish to help clean the water in sewer-treatment plant ponds. Seth's mother, Linda Russell, said: "He doesn't remember anything at all." "He was laughing and the next thing he remembers, he is waking in a hospital." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 They need to get rid of them Asian carp before they make head way into the great lakes or before they end up killing somebody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozer Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 He shoulda tried catching it with his hands, not his mouth :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey123 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I have seen a dog catch a fish with his teeth, but never a boy. Maybe I should start up a carp fertalizer plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 "...Silver Asian carp were first imported to the United States in the 1970s. Catfish farmers brought them in to remove algae and other suspended matter from their ponds. The Environmental Protection Agency started a program allowing cities to use the fish to help clean the water in sewer-treatment plant ponds." And they escaped to now threaten eco systems throught the US and Canada. Gee, couldn't have seen that one coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 "Several teeth?" In Arkansas??? Obviously a hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 "Several teeth?" In Arkansas??? Obviously a hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 LOL ... good one Roy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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