Re: NANFA-- Think I'll stick to natives!

D. Martin Moore (archimed_at_netdoor.com)
Tue, 1 Jan 2002 10:26:29 -0600

On 31 Dec 2001 at 14:52, Stott Noble wrote:

> Snakehead are legal in some states but the Alabama Department of
> Conservation and Natural Resources bans them. The department got tips about
> the illegal shipments this fall, said acting enforcement chief Allan
> Andress.

I saw some snakeheads in a Birmingham pet shop about three years ago. The
juveniles are very attractively colored. Kind of like bowfins :-)

Who was the idot who "let them go" after a year and a half? LFS's need to do a
better job of educating people about this type of misguided kindness.

Prost,

Martin
Jackson, MS
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Probably to a shark about the funniest thing there is
is a wounded seal, trying to swim to shore, because "where
does he think he's going?!"

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