Monstrous Former Pet Fish Take Over Western Australian Rivers

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When goldfish and koi are swimming around in small bowls and aquariums they don’t seem like ferocious, ecosystem-destroying sorts, but it turns out that that's not the case.

When goldfish and koi are swimming around in small bowls and aquariums they don’t seem like ferocious, ecosystem-destroying sorts, but it turns out that they are.

Researchers at Australia’s Murdoch University have discovered that what were once likely quiet, tiny pets are wreaking havoc in rivers throughout the western parts of the country. 

Part of the problem is that after they’re set free in the wild, they don’t stay quite so little. 

The size of their environment is a very la