Killer shrimp

[keble]

Well I'm amazed this hadn't been posted, so here goes:

 

A relative of the "killer shrimp" has been found in Worcestershire, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

 

The non-native shrimp, Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, has been found in the River Severn at Tewkesbury and Bevere, near Worcester.

Read the full story here

 

And just watch out!

[grey wolf]

especially if you fall in .It seems to be happening more and more often.If they are good to eat an open season on them may be an answer after all in other countries admittedly third world countries mostly they eat there pests.

[GoodGurl]

Andrea Kelly, senior ecologist for the Broads Authority, said there was no risk to the public or pets.

 

The shrimps, which grow to about 30mm long (1.18in), were first found in UK waters in 2010 at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire.

nice size that for eating

[1066]

especially if you fall in .It seems to be happening more and more often.If they are good to eat an open season on them may be an answer after all in other countries admittedly third world countries mostly they eat there pests.

 

Missionaries beware.

[ditchcrawler]

Photos of some of them here on a fishermans welly boot http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/news/press-releases/2012/help-protect-trinity-broads-against-non-native-shrimp.html

[PaulG]

Photos of some of them here on a fishermans welly boot http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/news/press-releases/2012/help-protect-trinity-broads-against-non-native-shrimp.html

Wrong shrimp!

 

The one that they report in the canals, is "Dikerogammarus haemobaphes".

 

This is only a relative of the so-called "killer shrimp" - D. villosus.

 

The fact that they are related is just about as significant as the fact that a domestic moggy is related to a tiger.