Thursday, January 22, 2004

Giant flying carp invade Illinois River! OK, so it's not breaking news, but maybe you haven't seen video of these guys. Silver carp, one of two species of Asian carp that got into the Mississippi River back in 1994 when high water flooded catfish farms in Arkansas, actually jump high enough to land in boats or knock people out of them. Tune in to Inside View on Milwaukee Public TV, Thursday, Jan. 29 on Channel 10 at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 30 at 12:30 a.m. (That's midnight Thu.) or Sunday, Feb. 1 at 10:30 a.m. You'll see some exciting video of silver carp jumping into boats, hitting passengers, bouncing off motors, etc. Then I'll discuss exotic aquatic species with John Janssen of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute and John Dettmers of the Illinois Natural History Survey. Later... 9:31:58 PM    comment []