First there came the chupacabra, then the Mongolian deathworm, and now...
"Tonight, on the most shocking episode of The Deadliest Catch ever filmed,..."
The patches of dense hair, located near the white-tipped pincers, earned the Chinese mitten crab its deceptively benign name. But there is nothing soft or comforting about these invasive Asian critters, and lately that have taken a sudden shine to New Jersey waters.
While long treasured as a culinary delight in their native East Asia, the crabs have become a scourge to most everyone else. In Europe, they have eroded estuaries by burrowing into earthen dams and river banks. In California, the only state where they have gained a major foothold so far, mitten tribes have exploded into a major ecological nightmare, venturing inland to clog water systems in Central Valley, and disrupting fishing operations in San Francisco Bay, where they steal bait and get entangled in fishing gear. Predatory as well as vegetarian, they crowd out other species by eating their food supply and sometimes by eating them....
"So far, 40 crabs have been caught, reported and confirmed in New Jersey alone, making that state ground zero right now for mitten crabs," said Gregory Ruiz, a senior scientist at the Marine Invasions Research Lab of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Maryland...."We aren't sure if they have established anywhere or what the potential impact is," Ruiz said.
Never mind that, save yourselves while you can! Flee for your wretched lives!
#9 Don't fergit the SNAKEHEAD FISH.
Iff this crab can survive and thrive in the perennial pollution of the "JOISEY" + HUDSON RIVERS, ETC. it deserves to be there. |
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Posted by: JosephMendiola
2009-08-10 22:09
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#8 how did LGF, Hot Air, and Five Feet of Fury make it onto the Weekly World News front page but not Rantburg?
He ain't beautiful like Mrs. Malkin,
crazy like Chuck, or
Canadian like Ms Shaidle. |
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Posted by: badanov
2009-08-10 20:59
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#7 "how did LGF, Hot Air, and Five Feet of Fury make it onto the Weekly World News front page but not Rantburg?"
Fred's just lucky, I guess, Eric. ;-p |
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Posted by: Barbara Skolaut
2009-08-10 19:49
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#6 It's too late. New Jersey is already committing suicide. What the Martians didn't destroy in 1938 the politicians are destroying now.
Fred, how did LGF, Hot Air, and Five Feet of Fury make it onto the Weekly World News front page but not Rantburg? |
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Posted by: Eric Jablow
2009-08-10 19:46
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| #5 Has anyone considered the benefits of overfishing? |
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Posted by: trailing wife
2009-08-10 19:23
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| #4 Do your part for the environment. Give a loved one crabs. |
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Posted by: ed
2009-08-10 19:13
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#3 Predatory as well as vegetarian, they crowd out other species by eating their food supply and sometimes by eating them....
So, they're omnivores then? |
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Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686
2009-08-10 18:51
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#2 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mluphoup/ronjeremy.jpg
Mongolian deathworm, huh? |
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Posted by: Anonymoose
2009-08-10 17:05
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#1 will make a nice horror movie if they also have
- brilliant but erratic and stubborn scientist
- spunky reporter
- prostitute with a heart of gold
- scientist wannabee nerd
- high school bully who learns that caring is what really counts in life
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Posted by: Lord garth
2009-08-10 16:16
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