Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Disgusting, Scary 'Walking' Fish Invades Maryland

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-cute dept.

texchanchan writes: "It's from China, it's a predator, and it can live for DAYS out of water. And it's in Maryland as reported at Yahoo. 'They can survive for two to three days out of water, breathing air with a primitive lung, pushing themselves around with their pectoral fins.' Read about it at the Maryland Fishing Report site or just look at its picture. Maryland Fishing Report says: 'This fish was most likely introduced by an individual with an aquarium. Never release aquarium fish into ponds and lakes!' Those exotic species will get us yet."

12 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. Not from this habitat by ObviousGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    What an ugly fish.

    --
    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  2. Re:proof by oyenstikker · · Score: 3, Funny

    I found some old cheese thats hard and grayish. Could this be living proof that the moon is made of cheese? Looks like it to me. :-) I love hearing about this.

    --
    The masses are the crack whores of religion.
  3. Great! by hackwrench · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now our seafood can walk to us!

    Get in my belly, little fishy!

  4. So... by austad · · Score: 3, Funny

    A fish walks into a bar...

    --
    Need Free Juniper/NetScreen Support? JuniperForum
    1. Re:So... by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... and says 'Barkeep, do you sell fish food?'
      The bartender looks at him sideways and says 'no, this is a bar. Bars don't sell fish food.'
      'Oh' says the fish. 'Bye!'.

      *****

      The fish comes back the next day. 'Barkeep!', he says, 'do you sell fish food yet?'
      'No, and we don't plan to' said the bartender. 'This is a bar. Bars don't sell fish food.'
      'Right' says the fish. 'See ya!'

      *****

      The next day the fish is back again. He goes up to the bar and says 'I'll have a fish food on the rocks'.
      By this time the bartender is quite annoyed. 'This is a bar. It doesn't sell fish food. It never will. If you come back here, I'm going to nail you to the door by the tail.'
      'No need to be angry' says the fish. 'Bye!'

      *****

      The next day the fish goes up to the bar, and the bartender is ready for him. 'What do you want?'
      'I know this is a bar,' says the fish, 'but do you sell nails?'
      The bartender is taken aback. 'No... why?'
      'Excellent' says the fish. 'Do you sell fish food?'

      --
      Free Java games for your phone: Tontie, Sokoban
    2. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      A seal walks into a club...

  5. evolution by flux4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, I'll say it's scary. According to the pictures, that fish is carrying cold hard cash -- as well as a recent issue of The Sunday Capital. Could this be the world's first upwardly mobile aquatic lifeform?

  6. Bah... by Bishop923 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've had those ever since Washington DC was created... though we typically refer to them as Politicians.

    *rimshot*

  7. Wrong category by elronxenu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shouldn't this one be listed in "The Almighty Buck"??

  8. Now... by Yarn · · Score: 3, Funny

    *this* fish might need a bicycle

    --
    -Yarn - Rio Karma: Excellent
  9. No no no... by Principal+Skinner · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bartender is not so cruel, but he does get impatient.

    On the fourth day, the fish goes up to the bar, asking for fish food again. Bartender says, "look, this is a bar. We sell liquor. What ever gave you the idea you could get fish food here?"
    The fish replies, "I thought my best bet would be to go to the same place that Mr. Higgenbotham over there goes. Someone told me his eating habits were the same as mine."
    The bartender says, "Mr. Higgenbotham? He's just an old lush. He comes in here every night and gets sloshed."
    The fish looks at the bartender, looks at Mr. Higgenbotham, then looks back at the bartender. Then he slaps his fin against his forehead. "Oh, THAT'S what that meant!"

    --
    one hundred twenty
    is just enough characters
    to write a haiku
  10. Re:link to picture by mofolotopo · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's truly amazing is that the fish had money and a local newspaper when caught. A disturbingly intelligent creature.