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Australia To Use GM To Control Carp

Posted by michael on from the chinese-needle-snakes dept.

mskfisher writes "Yahoo! News is running an AFP story on Australia's efforts to control the carp population using a 'male-only' gene. The gene will prevent the carp, considered a pest in Australia, from producing female offspring. The carp has wiped out some 90% of the native south Australian fish population, namely perch and bass. They do not, however, mention any ways of controlling the spread of this gene in the wild, besides the obvious death of any affected population."

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  1. Hmm... by LordK3nn3th · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Australians report rise of homosexual fish"

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  2. Aussies. pest control. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This just doesn't look good.

  3. GM? by tommck · · Score: 3, Funny
    Am I the only one who pictured a steering wheel bolted to the top of a carp? I would expect that a steering wheel would be sub-optimal for maneuvering in the water...

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  4. Carp are Nasty Fish by l810c · · Score: 3, Funny
    A few years back a few friends and I were cruising around Lake Powell in Utah. For those not familiar with Lake Powell, most of the lake is sheer canyon walls with little vegitation and few places to exit the lake.

    We are cruising up one of the side canyons and the only place to exit is surrounded by boats and has no trees. My friend has to take a dump. So he jumps into the lake and drops his bathing suit. As soon as it hits the water, he is immediately attacked by 20-30 Huge carp in a big feeding frenzy. The water was boiling, my friend was screaming and we were crying from laughter.

  5. Could backfire by mfender9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Won't this just mean that a million sexually frustrated male carp will beat the fish-crap out of all the perch and bass instead?

  6. How to eat a carp: +1, informative;-) by waferhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    My father taught me this when I was little:

    1)Clean and wash carp.
    2)Tie carp to good quality oak or maple board using fine Stainless leader wire.
    (2 carp can be prepared at a time, either side of board)
    3)Baste carp constantly, slowly rotating over an open fire (mesquite is good)using a mixture of lemon juice, butter, honey, and a bit of cayenne pepper.
    Takes approximatly 4 hours, perhaps longer.

    When boards become tender, dicard carp, and eat the board.