Azhael
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There is this beautiful place that has become my favourite spot to visit, with at the very least 9 species of amphibians, including T.marmoratus, L.helveticus, I.alpestris and S.salamandra.
Well, on our way to a short vacation in the north, while my parents had a coffee i took the opportunity to visit the spot and see how the local populations were doing.
Instead of adults or their offspring, what i found was a HUGE carp that someone had put in the trough. No kidding...at least 2kg of gigantic, predatory carp.
No newts, no larvae, no tadpoles, no algae....just a single T.marmoratus young adult with a terrible infection in its lower jaw, which may or may not be related to an attack by the fish.
Since i was on my way to somewhere else and i wasn´t at all prepared i couldn´t take the carp out myself, so i tried to persuade two young girls that were trying (unsuccessfully of course) to catch some tadpoles to let their parents know that something needed to be done about the huge fish. They seemed concerned and hopefully they will say something to someone. I also talked to a local woman and explained the situation. She said she would talk to the president of the community and that she wasn´t happy about the fish either.
If i have the chance, i´ll try to go back one of these days and see if something has been done, and if not, take the fish out myself.
The beast has obviously munched all the adults and all the larvae that it´s been able to, plus its constant movement in the relatively shallow trough means that water is always stirred and full of sediment which prevents algal growth on which directly or indirectly, all the amphibian species depend.
All this because some $%&"!)*^Ç%& thought it´d be great to put a carp in the village trough...
I hope something is done about it and that the local populations will recover, but i´m pretty sure the damage has been very significant since i was told the carp has been in there for at least 3 months. No breeding season for the local amphibians this year....
Argh...i really hate people....
Well, on our way to a short vacation in the north, while my parents had a coffee i took the opportunity to visit the spot and see how the local populations were doing.
Instead of adults or their offspring, what i found was a HUGE carp that someone had put in the trough. No kidding...at least 2kg of gigantic, predatory carp.
No newts, no larvae, no tadpoles, no algae....just a single T.marmoratus young adult with a terrible infection in its lower jaw, which may or may not be related to an attack by the fish.
Since i was on my way to somewhere else and i wasn´t at all prepared i couldn´t take the carp out myself, so i tried to persuade two young girls that were trying (unsuccessfully of course) to catch some tadpoles to let their parents know that something needed to be done about the huge fish. They seemed concerned and hopefully they will say something to someone. I also talked to a local woman and explained the situation. She said she would talk to the president of the community and that she wasn´t happy about the fish either.
If i have the chance, i´ll try to go back one of these days and see if something has been done, and if not, take the fish out myself.
The beast has obviously munched all the adults and all the larvae that it´s been able to, plus its constant movement in the relatively shallow trough means that water is always stirred and full of sediment which prevents algal growth on which directly or indirectly, all the amphibian species depend.
All this because some $%&"!)*^Ç%& thought it´d be great to put a carp in the village trough...
I hope something is done about it and that the local populations will recover, but i´m pretty sure the damage has been very significant since i was told the carp has been in there for at least 3 months. No breeding season for the local amphibians this year....
Argh...i really hate people....