{"id":195602,"date":"2021-03-06T00:25:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/monster-fish-from-amazon-river-spotted-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T00:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:25:49","slug":"monster-fish-from-amazon-river-spotted-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/monster-fish-from-amazon-river-spotted-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"#Monster fish from Amazon River spotted in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Monster fish from Amazon River spotted in Florida<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Slither over, Burmese pythons \u2014 Florida\u2019s next invasive carnivore could be a 10-foot monster fish<\/a> that can leap out of the water and eat small mammals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine it\u2019s good for our ecosystem,\u201d Josh Constantine, a charter fishing captain, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a> of the arapaima, an Amazon River predator that can weigh hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n

As the Sunshine State continues to battle a scourge of pythons, a dead arapaima washed ashore recently in Cape Coral\u2019s Jaycee Park, on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River, which runs from Lake Okeechobee west to the Gulf of Mexico, the Sentinel said.<\/p>\n

Arapaima are one of world\u2019s largest predatory fish, with scales said to be as impenetrable as armor, the paper claims. <\/p>\n

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A dead arapaima was discovered recently in Cape Coral, Florida. <\/figcaption>
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And it is an avid breeder, producing hundreds of thousands of eggs during its lifetime. <\/p>\n

Should it gain a fin-hold, as the invasive lionfish has done in Florida, it could bite into local commercial fishing stocks, experts warn.<\/p>\n