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Giant goldfish found in US lake prompts plea to pet owners


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A city in the United States has urged people not to dump their pet fish in the wild after giant goldfish were found in a lake.

Keller Lake in Minnesota has become home to some huge goldfish that officials say are disrupting the water quality.

The supersized goldfish caused a splash online after the City of Burnsville posted images of them on social media alongside a plea for people to stop putting their fish in the lake.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-07-13/giant-goldfish-found-in-us-lake-prompts-plea-to-pet-owners

https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/46715/20210713/giant-goldfish-continues-to-invade-waterways-all-over-the-us.htm

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There was a large pond in a park in the town where I grew up that would have problems with goldfish. They would get to be rather large. They can be good eating if they get big and the person knows how to cook a muddy fish. 

I suspect Keller Lake might have a koi problem as well as goldfish. That first pic is a fish with barbels- koi have them, goldfish don't. People also have a tendency to dump their koi into public water if they don't feel like maintaining a koi pond anymore. 

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They're also found in Pymatuning Reservoir on the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line.  Ford Island on the Pennsylvania side is a good place to see them in the wild.

Doug

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