The insane lionfish invasion

The lionfish invasion in the waters off North Carolina and Florida is getting serious. How serious? So serious that these pretty, frilly, venomous fish are eating 70% of the other fish in the areas where they are present. So serious that a recent Lionfish Spear Fishing Derby brought in over 1,000 dead lionfish, and it barely made a dent in the local population.

Read more about what Slate correspondent Christie Wilcox says "may go down in history as the worst marine invasion of all time."

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