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I actually read about this earlier on The Register, and their article was relatively benign. But once I saw The Sun’s sensationally overblown take on it, I knew I had to post it up. So really, this is not so much about the snakehead fish that was caught in England; it’s more about The Sun’s egregious sensationalism. Just look at the following excerpts from The Sun and then check out The Register’s article for comparison.
A savage fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for the first time — sparking fears of a deadly invasion.
The vicious giant snakehead eats everything it comes across and has even been reported to kill people.
The monster — from south-east Asia — has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth, can “crawl” on land and survive out of water for up to four days.
It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released. Snakeheads caused chaos when they were found in America in 2002, with snipers setting up on banksides to shoot them and entire lakes being poisoned to kill them.