A ravenous “Frankenfish” that can “walk” on land and survive outside of water for stretches was caught on Long Island – and now officials are warning the monster can wreak havoc.
The Northern Snakehead fish was caught by a fisherman at Lily Pond in Suffolk County last week and now officials are crafting a plan of defense in case there are more of the sharp-toothed, tough-to-kill creatures still lurking locally, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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“These fish can walk on land,” said Heidi O’Riordan, the regional fisheries manager for the New York state DEC.
“They don’t belong, they don’t have a natural predator, they will screw up our native fish populations — they tend to eat pretty much anything they can put in their very large mouths, ” O’Riordan added…