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Asian carp are an invasive fish that has made its way to the Great Lakes. Adult Asian carp are too large to be eaten by any natural predators, but juvenile carp are eaten by White pelicans and eagles and other larger fish.
Asian carp's food web involves plankton-algae, and other microscopic organisms.
Just about any form of Carp is related to (Cousin?) the goldfish.
The Asian Carp is native in Asia.
The Asian carp (Carassius gibelio) is the fish the Chinese breeders used to develop the goldfish over 1000 years ago.
The effects of the Asian carp being introduced into an environment is dependent upon which environment is in question. The Asian carp being introduced into the Great Lakes has had many negative affects.
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When Asians were traveling to America in boats, the Asian Carps hung on to the boats and traveled with them, then when they got there, the Asian Carps got off the boats and into the Great Lakes. Actually Asian Carp were brought to the U.S. in an experiment to clean up ponds. During flooding the carp escaped the ponds and got into the Mississippi River system. They have not been confirmed to be in the Great Lakes yet. See link below for more information.
There is more types of asian carp and there is at least two.
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