An animal control officer in Olathe, Kansas, recently hauled in a 60-pound (27-kg) carp that was lying in a drainage ditch. A man out for a walk last week spotted the fish and called police, city animal control officer Jamie Schmidt said on Tuesday.
The man estimated the fish at more than four feet (1.22 meters) - and he was not telling a whopper, said Schmidt, who responded to the call in suburban Kansas City. The carp lay dead in a roadside ditch that connects to a lake and it apparently swam there when heavy rain caused flooding, she said.
"When the guy said it was four foot, I thought 'Well, most men tell fish stories' and I thought it wasn't going to be even close to that," Schmidt said. "I was very shocked."
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This is not unusual. Carp are really stupid fish and wander into all kinds of strange places. Now, if one showed up in a swimming pool THAT would be unusual.
ReplyDeleteThey have carp close to this size in the city park. No fish tale either, they are massive
ReplyDeleteAnd practically inedible.
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ReplyDeleteDid you all know that your goldfish were nothing but carp?
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