Scientists Want to Eradicate Invasive Fish With Herpes – IOTW Report

Scientists Want to Eradicate Invasive Fish With Herpes

Let the jokes commence!

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Discovery: Australia’s destructive carp population is about to come down with a deadly case of herpes — and condoms can’t save them.

A highly invasive species, the European carp was inadvertently introduced to Australian waterways in the 1960s. The resilient fish can survive in a variety of habitats — including environmentally degraded areas — and is known to produce up to a million eggs per year. MORE

SNIP: Comment with most thumbs up wins a case of Herpes.

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