Mutant fish found close to Alberta Oil Sands says CBC

What the hell were those fish thinking getting in the way of the coal like that!!!?!?!??

That is one spooky lookin' fish there, ya sure.
This had better not be the start of something unstopable.

This the second article on the oil sands that I've noticed in the last two weeks. There is a need to get in touch your government officials. Could you possibly get the phone number for the Parliment switchboard? If so, you could post it and maybe shake the members up. Hopefully after Nov. we will get some control over our public servants.

I wish there was a picture of the thing. I can only envision a yellow fish with three eyes...

Their website is http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=FD9B0E51-1

ph# is Telephone: 1 800 668-6767 [in Canada only] or 819-997-2800

They are for Environment Canada...I highly doubt anything will change any time soon. For two reasons:

1. Until the world has come up with an alternative fuel that is both affordable and accessible, they have to get it from somewhere.

2. Money runs the world. There is no way this government or any government for that matter is going to cut that kind of profit out without some way to replace it.

Bringing attention to it might get it brought up, but I've noticed that several governments like to hand you a candy with the right hand and slap you with the left if you know what I mean.

I am extremely appalled, but like I said in my post the Oil Sands aren't the only culprit. I'm thinking my first plan of action is to clean up my backyard first before I start digging in someone elses'.

Sorry, I couldn't find one to put in the post that wasn't copyrighted.

Duh, didn't realize I could pull it from the source...thanks!

they have high levels of arsenic in the water because of the oilsands leeching and dumping

damn that is insane. I have seen fish like this before. makes me wonder what kind of world my grand babies will live in after I am dead and gone.. scares me ..
peace everyone

Poor messed up fishie! Just think what mean names all his fishie friends called him!

As far as I am aware, they dissolve the oil out of the sand with water and pump it from there straight into a holding lake. This is an actually lake that they have pumped the waste water into. Yes, it kills the entire ecosystem and yes they are making more !

I think it's just fish evolving because there is half a much too eat in the oceans.

Evolution or pollution. The lobbyists will decide.

id definatly want my peas on top of that thing

Two-headed fish = One massive heart attack.

this nauseates me, for some reason.

Nice post uroborus8, I was going to post the same pic.

Sweet. Now, mother nature will be able to bite us in the ass TWICE!

It's hard to tell from that picture if it is actually a mutant.
Goldeye's tongues have teeth on them. Their tongues look very much like that "jaw" hanging down. It may be that the tongue is just hanging below the jaw.
Media hype. I'll wait for a biologist's report.

That is exactly what I'm waiting for. I'm interested to see what the tests say. They have been finding mercury and chemicals in aquatic life for years, so I fully expect to see something come out in terms of contamination. I'm more interested to see what the levels are and what has changed with this one.

I didn't know that about Goldeye fish! Thanks for the info. I've only ever fished for Jack, trout, whitefish, and perch.

Thats a Predafish - they've been hunting us for years...