As hardcore as they seem, we know thatNinja and Yo-Landi from the South African techno-rap have a soft spot for animals. And there are plenty of animals in the video for their new song, "I Fink U Freeky." Unfortunately, since one of those animals is giant python, all the other ones will soon be dead.
"These fish are like Godzilla. Two or three years ago we would see the odd one here and there, but now on every dive they're there. I've been diving these reefs for over 30 years and I'm worried that these fish are taking over." —Cayman Islands scuba diver Peter Hillenbrand on the lionfish, an extremely predatory invasive species that is apparently eating all the other fish in the Caribbean Sea. One study at a coral reef in the Bahamas showed that lionfish, which are native to the Indian and the Pacific Oceans but have no natural predators in Western waters, reduced the numbers of native species by nearly 80 [...]
There is a creature alive today who has survived millions of years of evolution, without change, without passion and without logic. It lives to kill. A mindless eating machine. It will attack and devour anything. It is as if god created the devil and gave him… carp. I mean, I don't know if this is more like Jaws or Piranha or Deep Blue Sea. But it is pretty damn scary. CBS news reports that giant Asian carp-much like Benson, who was from England, but less heartwarming and dearly departed, and more giant and voracious and terrifying and, apparently, unstoppable-are on the verge of invading Lake [...]
