Enormous 50kg Goldfish Establishes Record, Underscoring the Implications.
An angler dragged a 50-kilogram specimen of goldfish on shore in Champagne, France, setting a new record.
This small specimen weighed half as much as the recently caught record-breaker in France. Photo courtesy of KoiQuestion on Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
Fishing for carp Twenty years ago, BlueWater Lakes unveiled the colossus known as The Carrot, and it has since expanded to become one of the biggest in the world.
It is twice as big as the fish that is visible above.
Look at this.
The many different breeds of goldfish are all hardy, golden types of domesticated carp, coming in all kinds of curious color arrangements. They are sometimes hybridized with other fish like koi, as was the case for The Carrot.
Due to her carp-koi hybrid status, and thus 20 years to roam, The Carrot has grown to over 50 kilograms in weight. It took Andy Hackett from Worcestershire, UK, 25 minutes to reel her in before taking a few selfies and then letting the animal go.
According to IFL Science, the enormous size of The Carrot serves as a reminder not to release your pets into the wild. Yes, being hardy fish, they can grow this big, upsetting the silt bed and ripping up plants unused to them. Gigantic ex-pet goldfish have been reported as problematic in parts of America, and authorities believe pet owners are partly to blame.
Goldfish dumped into wild waters can mean that an invasive species ousts native species by outcompeting them for resources. Preventing that is a good idea.
