It may sound like the premise of a schlocky sci-fi horror flick — which it is, in fact — but the real-life discovery of a 19-inch, land-walking, flesh-eating fish in a lake near Wheaton, Maryland earlier this week was taken very seriously by state environmental officials, who fear the invasive species could upset the local ecosystem.
It isn't the first time the dread northern snakehead, a native of China, has reared its ugly head on American soil. A number of the creatures were found in a Crofton, Maryland pond two years ago, prompting the Department of Natural Resources to poison the water in an attempt to eradicate them.
Some experts have argued all along that the alarm raised over the species, dubbed "Frankenfish" by the media, is "more Hollywood than science."
It isn't the first time the dread northern snakehead, a native of China, has reared its ugly head on American soil. A number of the creatures were found in a Crofton, Maryland pond two years ago, prompting the Department of Natural Resources to poison the water in an attempt to eradicate them.
Some experts have argued all along that the alarm raised over the species, dubbed "Frankenfish" by the media, is "more Hollywood than science."
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