@uzemia: This fish breathes air and can live for days out of water, and in some U.S. states you're told to kill it. The northern snakehead, aka "Frankenfish," has an air chamber above its gills that works like a built-in lung, so muddy, low-oxygen ponds don't stop it. In 2002 someone released two from a fish market into a Maryland pond, and officials had to treat the whole pond. Now snakeheads have been reported in at least 11 states and breed in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and more. Pennsylvania says kill it on the spot, Maryland says never put it back, and moving one alive across state lines breaks federal law. Don't confuse it with the native bowfin: the snakehead's bottom fin runs nearly to the tail. Would you eat Frankenfish: grill it, fry it, or nope? #learnontiktokcontest #sciencetok #snakehead #fishing #invasivespecies

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 19:58:34 GMT