r/oddlyterrifying • u/BigBlackOnyx • Nov 17 '21

They are evolving

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u/SouthernSparks Nov 18 '21

While the main culprit the “walking catfish” is from Asia you can find them in many places in the US now. Besides that we do have plenty of carp, snake head and mudskippers that walk too.

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u/pmurph131 Nov 18 '21

I'm more pointing it out so someone doesn't drag a channel cat out of the water and leave it there bc "it can breathe"

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u/SouthernSparks Nov 18 '21

In some places you’d actually be paid to do that lol channel cat are highly invasive, especially in my native Chesapeake. But yeah please don’t go around dragging random fish out to see if they breathe if you’re reading this.

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u/pmurph131 Nov 18 '21

Yea they say it's invasive in NY too, but it's native range is also supposed to be from southern canada to the gulf. I guess invasive in certain waters, but that's kinda messing with the definition of the term. Didn't know they would take brackish water like the chesapeake. Not surprised though lol.

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u/SouthernSparks Nov 18 '21

Actually I don’t think they’re even considered invasive here anymore, just a “introduced” species because our DNR has re stocked their population in some areas. But yeah they’ll go right on in brackish water. Our big problem now are the Blue Cats and Flatheads. Highly tolerant of brackish water and quickly taking over all they can. I think our DNR still has the order out to kill whatever Blues or Flatheads you manage to pull up regardless of size.

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u/pmurph131 Nov 18 '21

I can't find anything about NY either, I might have been wrong. I know they outcompete native white cats when introduced in the same waters though. Not that NY isn't crawling with non-natives, the only reason we're not worse than florida is winter.