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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Flushed pet goldfish are growing into lake-destroying monsters

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:12.5

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0:18.9

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0:23.2

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0:34.5

Do you remember a few years back when there was the invasive zebra muscle, which spread into the Great Lakes?

0:42.1

And it was started from accidental introductions, but it ended up reshaping the entire ecosystem of the Great Lakes.

0:49.8

I do remember the zebra muscle crisis. Terrible thing.

0:53.3

Same thing is happening with another fish,

0:55.6

and it's your pet. This time, it's goldfish. You know, I've actually heard about this before

1:01.6

how surprisingly destructive goldfish can be to their local ecosystems because they are

1:08.1

they're so little. Well, they're not little, though.

1:15.2

They're only little if you're, if you put them in the goldfish aquarium, but they grow.

1:17.3

They can get up to 18 inches long.

1:20.9

Have you ever seen goldfish so fat they're about the size of a football?

1:21.5

No.

1:24.8

I have in lakes out in America.

1:28.3

And I've seen pictures of them online as well. This is why I choose to swim in a pool.

1:30.3

Well, the goldfish aren't going to eat you.

1:32.3

They're not piranha.

1:33.3

They're going to root up local vegetation, underwater algae.

1:38.3

They can also be a predator for certain smaller fish, smaller species in the food chain. And they just eat all

1:47.7

the time, which is the main problem with them. And they can just wreak absolute havoc on an

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