Giant Goldfish Invade Lake Tahoe

[WendelI]

but aren't gold fish supposed to be genetically enginerd (fancy word for mating control) koi fish (which are already large) to be small, by making dwarven ones mate with other dwarf fish so they get smaler and smaler... Im comfuseld

 

[iblis666]

we must eradicate the gold fish in lake tahoe before they turn emerald bay into poo colored bay

 

[maninahat]

Daawwww, look at the cute fish.

MAN THE HARPOONS!

 

[Thyunda]

but aren't gold fish supposed to be genetically enginerd (fancy word for mating control) koi fish (which are already large) to be small, by making dwarven ones mate with other dwarf fish so they get smaler and smaler... Im comfuseld

They're not dwarf carp. It's either nitrates, as said above, or the lack of space that stunts their growth, but goldfish, when given enough room, food and safety, they will just keep on growing. It's their environment, not their breeding.

 

[socialmenace42]

about the only things that'll pick one of those up (of the size shown in the article) are bald or golden eagles. Heron's, falcon, osprey's, etc wouldn't even have a chance with one of them

clearly we need to introduce aligators into the eco-sytem.

wait, probably too cold for aligators...

Aha! Sharks!

 

[FalloutJack]

How much longer until our waterways are full of Mirelurks? I wouldn't mind having a monster goldfish though, maybe someone could set up a shop catching them from the lake and selling them or cooking them. I bet there is some good eating on a jumbo goldfish.

Captcha: "what's that" well Captcha, it's a monster from the Fallout series that lives in water.

It's funny, I was thinking of that old movie, Humanoids from the Deep, featuring fish that have been artificially-induced to grow larger for better catches...and then evolve into walking predators.

These aren't "giant" goldfish so much as "adult" goldfish. People think goldfish are just tiny fish, but really adults are similar in size to bass and trout, and everything you see at the pet store is just a baby.

Oh, don't be Koi with us. If it's news, then it means the fish are growing to a size not normal for even a big goldie.

1. Is there a chance of this species of gold fish becoming too large of a population?
2. How would they taste if cooked properly?

{1} Sounds like it.

{2} Carp and the like are referred to as 'junk fish'. You can eat them and some people do, but they're boney and not as good as salmon, trout, tuna, cod, RED SNAPPER, fluke, shark, and other assorted tasty fish.

"I like Gold" !!!

Midas touch. He touched too much.

Shiny.

This sounds... fishy to me.

[HEADING=2]YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!![/HEADING]

.. They seemed pretty big, surprisingly.

But France's gold fish- holy crap now that's big. Huge actually.
Wonder what would happen if their species just kept getting bigger .. hmm.

Probably a re-enactment of that one fight from Resident Evil 4.

clearly we need to introduce aligators into the eco-sytem.

wait, probably too cold for aligators...

Aha! Sharks!

The real solution:

 

[loa]

Seaking, I choose you!

 

[Happiness Assassin]

When it grows a third eye, then I will be impressed.

 

[nuba km]

If some frat house in California/Nevada tells you to swallow a gold fish, for the love of god SAY NO

some people like a challenge.

We better catch those things before they hit level 20. The last thing our ecosystem needs are friggin' sea dragons.

well seeing as their main worry about the goldfish has to do with tourist I think it would be solved when they have a pokemon in their lake. Hell maybe their ends up being a shiny and you'll here stories of all those fishermen trying to catch it. Though imagine it hitting level 20 just after you catch one on your fishing rod.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

I had no idea goldfish were so gross. as for the size, i always heard that fish will grow according to the size of their environment, so it's no surprise they got so big.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

Seaking, I choose you!

SEAKING?! YOU SONOFABITCH! THAT IS CLEARLY A MAGICKARP THAT WILL TURN INTO GYRADOS IF YOU BRING HIM INTO BATTLE TO SPLASH THEN SWITCH BACK.

okay, i 'm calm now... almost had an episode there... seaking... if i wasnt on the crappy xbox browser i would post a farnsworth link. "i don't want to live on this planet anymore."

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Forget about zombie apocalypses...
Forget about robot uprisings...
Forget about alien invasions...

For ages they've been locked up in small fishbowls...
But now they're free...
And they want revenge...
The Goldfish Apocalypse is coming soon...
In a theatre near you...

 

[Scarim Coral]

Do why is it now that we are getting huge Goldfish? I mean what is the cause of the sudden growth size?