Wild Snakehead And Fry

[block2]

Hi All,

There's a beck/stream that runs down the side of our home, most of the year it's dry, it's a runoff for when the village lake floods, but after the floods and the water subsides theres usually small pools left, which eventually dry up. I managed to capture a few photos of a snakehead and it's frys...

You can see the Snakehead below the white bag and it's fry above the white bag..there where hundreds of them, a beautiful red/orange in colour.

http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/block2_photos/SNfry.jpg


Here the Snakehead is to the left of the bag with the fry to the left of the Snakehead.

http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/block2_photos/SNfry1.jpg


Where ever the fry went the Snakehead was not far behind, if any other fish came near the Snakehead would chase them away...here the Snakehead is surrounded by it's fry.

http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/block2_photos/SNfry2.jpg


Here the Snakehead is to the left of the bag once again and it's fry above it.

http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/block2_photos/SNfry3.jpg

I asked Wan what would happen to the Snakehead once the pool dried up and she reckons it's digs an hole in the mud and burys itself until the next floods come...this year though we had more rain just before the pool dried up and the beck/stream filled up again and I never seen the snakehead and fry again...so I imagine the snakehead and its fry ended up further down stream in a bigger pond somewhere.

Regards
jeff & Wan

[Northernguy]

They won't bury themselves but will slither over to the next water hole.Thats how they survive and are very good at it.
I hope they are native to your land.They have caused a lot of problems in North America.
Great pics! I have never seen them in the wild.

[Sharkman]

This is very neat. I've always wanted to see one of these close up.

[Northernguy]

I had some for a while back many years ago.The kid at the store said they were great in a community.
He didn't say anything about eating the community!
I don't recomend them unless it a large tank and they have it to themselves!lol

They are ugly when they get big but have some real nice colors as juvies!

[frank_zappa]

yeah, i am very curious about where you are located. is this a tributary of the potomac? i know that river has a lot of them. they are here to stay.

that is very cool.

[Scrup]

heh yeah when I was in MD they were convinced the winter would kill them. Next year there were more than ever.

Who know snakeheads could survive when the water is frozen 3-6" down?

(used to live right next to the potomac, anything that can survive in that river, I do not want to mess with.)

Nice shots BTW!

[HomaridNoob6]

I'm pretty sure he's in Thailand, or somewhere in southeast Asia judging by his other threads.

[William]

Great pics. I would like to know where the pics are taken as well.