A little boy from a community in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province was bitten by an unknown fish in the water while playing in the landscape pool in the community recently. Three fingers were bleeding, and there were 6 or 7 wounds of about one centimeter. It looked shocking.
In our impression, the landscape pools in the community basically plant some aquatic plants and raise some ornamental fish such as koi, and there is basically no danger. Why do there exist creatures that bite people? Everyone was puzzled.
In order to solve this mystery and see what exactly bites people, the community management team, with the cooperation of some residents, pumped water from the pool to find out the "culprit" of the bite.
After a long period of pumping work, the landscape pool was finally drained, and people suddenly discovered a large fish with a distinctive appearance. It is about 70 centimeters long and weighs more than 10 kilograms. It has a pointed mouth with terrifying teeth.
This fish looks like a small crocodile, but it has no limbs. Some knowledgeable residents in the community immediately recognized this strange fish. It is the "water killer" that has been very popular on the Internet recently - Alligator Gar .
It is understood that this crocodile gar, which is about 70 centimeters long, is just a "little baby". When it reaches adulthood, it can grow to more than 3 meters and weigh more than 200 kilograms.
Why did the crocodile gar appear in the landscape pool? The possibility of artificial release is the highest
The name of the crocodile gar does not sound like a fish native to our country. In fact, it is indeed not native to our country.
Alligator gar are mainly distributed in North America , from Mexico to Gulf of Mexico coastal rivers and estuarine waters in Florida, USA. It is the largest of the seven species of gar in North America.
The most distinctive feature of the crocodile gar is its protruding snout, deep mouth cleft, and sharp teeth. Its upper and lower rows of teeth are similar to those of a crocodile, hence its name.
Their bodies are covered with a layer of diamond-shaped glazed scales, which are hard in texture. In the past, Indians often used their scales as gems.
As a kind of fish from America, why does the crocodile gar appear in the landscape pool of a community in Taizhou, Jiangsu? I think artificial release is the most likely possibility.
Generally speaking, there are several ways for alien species to appear in a body of water:
- One is stormy weather, some fish in a certain body of water are swept up by a tornado, and then blown to another body of water; 2 The second is that some water birds have fish eggs stuck to their wet feathers when they are foraging, and then they are carried into another body of water by the water birds;
- The third is artificial release, which is not difficult to understand, and the practice of release has become popular in recent years. Even crocodiles are bought and released.
I don’t know since when, some people are no longer satisfied with raising ordinary pets, but pursue all kinds of exotic pets. For example, some people raise snakes, some people raise skunks, some people raise raccoons, etc.
The crocodile gar has a strange appearance and a ferocious personality. It eats everything and is easy to feed. It can satisfy some people's curiosity in all aspects. So in the pet market, alligator gar have always been favored by niche customers .
As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is supply, and alligator gar naturally flowed into the pet industry in my country. Many people raise pets without considering the subsequent situation. At first, the alligator gar is small and within control.
As time goes by, it grows bigger and bigger, and it is difficult for ordinary family aquariums to meet their survival. In addition, not everyone can afford the expensive daily feed. So some people choose to abandon them and throw them into landscape pools, lakes, and rivers at will.
Known as the "ecological killer", the alligator gar is extremely harmful.
The alligator gar is a ferocious large fish with strong vitality. It mainly lives in fresh water. In some estuaries, they occasionally move in brackish water. .
As a carnivorous fish, it causes great damage to the ecology. Once released into natural waters, it will bring disaster to the local water bodies.
People evaluate the crocodile gar as an "ecological killer". is almost a living creature in the water, and it will eat all . And they eat a lot. If there are alligator gars in a small pond, it won't take long for all the fish in it to be eaten up.
It is precisely because of the "power" of the crocodile gar that in many areas of our country, once traces of crocodile gar activity are found in a certain water area, they must be captured even if it costs a lot of money.
For example, some citizens in Ruzhou, Pingdingshan, Henan, recently discovered a crocodile gar about 80 centimeters long in a lake. People even spent about a month draining the lake to catch it.
The crocodile gar is not only a threat to aquatic fish, but also has the possibility of attacking people . Once people mess with it, or it is frightened, it will become extremely aggressive, with teeth like daggers. Can cause serious injury to people.
Can a foodie handle an alligator gar?
Whenever I see news about the proliferation of carp and crabs abroad, some netizens always joke that if we send a group of Chinese foodies over, the problem will be solved in less than a month.
Although these words are somewhat joking, the power of Chinese foodies is indeed very powerful. For example, the crayfish that is rampant abroad is in short supply here.
So for the crocodile gar that people are talking about, can we use the power of foodies to solve it? It's actually very difficult.
Chinese people’s research on eating is indeed second to none in the world, but this does not mean that we eat everything. On the contrary, Chinese people who have a deep research on eating are often very cunning..
Although the crocodile gar is also a kind of fish, its scales are hard and difficult to handle, and its internal organs and eggs are poisonous. More importantly, their meat is rough, tasteless and tasteless.
It is difficult for an excellent chef to handle this kind of food, let alone an ordinary housewife. So although alligator gar sometimes appear on some vendors, they are mostly ignored. Most people buy it as a pet. Just like " scavenger ", almost no one will eat them.
In addition, as a large carnivorous fish, the cost of raising crocodile gar is extremely high. The investment and return are extremely disproportionate. Naturally, no one will raise them as food fish on a large scale.
There is another point that many netizens are concerned about, and that is why after discovering the alligator gar, most of the strategies adopted are to drain the water and then capture it. Why not catch it by fishing?
The reason is that alligator gar are not easy to catch. Although it is easy to take the bait, its sharp teeth can easily bite the fishing line, and with its strong strength, will also try its best to toss after taking the bait.
Therefore, I would like to appeal to everyone here not to release wild animals at will. This small act can bring disaster to the local water ecology, and capturing it also consumes manpower and material resources.
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