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WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002

Wildlife officials in Maryland plan to exterminate all species in a pond in order to kill any remaining snakehead fish, a species Secretary of Interior Gale Norton declared as "injurious" to the American public on Tuesday.

The fish will eat anything, can survive out of water for up to three days and walk on ground. They are considered a traditional medicine and prized food in Chinese culture.

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Biologists Begin Testing Snakehead Poison in Lab (The Washington Post 7/24)
Norton targets 'horror movie' fish (The Washington Times 7/24)