"When they get shocked they fly out of the water. And I’m not talking a foot, two feet. They’ll fly 10 feet to 12 feet out of the water. And at the bow of the ship, there are these two fish technicians who are there with nets, ready to catch them," WBEZ reporter Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco told SciFri of invasive carp in the Illinois River, shown in our #PictureOfTheWeek. Now, there’s a proposed project to stop the fish—but it’s expensive, and not everyone agrees it’s the best solution: buff.ly/avmUipw
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"When they get shocked they fly out of the water. And I’m not talking a foot, two feet. They’ll fly 10 feet to 12 feet out of the water. And at the bow of the ship, there are these two fish technicians who are there with nets, ready to catch them," WBEZ reporter Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco told SciFri of invasive carp in the Illinois River, shown in our #PictureOfTheWeek. Now, there’s a proposed project to stop the fish—but it’s expensive, and not everyone agrees it’s the best solution: buff.ly/avmUipw
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