The US Government's $800 Million Fish Taser

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3 жыл бұрын

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@halfasinteresting
@halfasinteresting 3 жыл бұрын
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@maredreizehnnullvier
@maredreizehnnullvier 3 жыл бұрын
go nerd yourself, nerd
@debated8358
@debated8358 3 жыл бұрын
Haha love your videos Sam! Your video format really helped me format my videos in a way that looked nice, but I still can’t do any sarcastic jokes without sounding weird.
@stuckinacartoon8936
@stuckinacartoon8936 3 жыл бұрын
epic sam
@AVeryRandomPerson
@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын
Then go buy a $800 million topic R&D budget
@Cooling1200
@Cooling1200 3 жыл бұрын
“Then the boat can go on its merry way” the opportunity to change merry with ferry was lost and I am disappointed
@samb123
@samb123 3 жыл бұрын
Only one in five dentists have the courage to speak the truth.
@prakharmishra3000
@prakharmishra3000 3 жыл бұрын
Carp
@bernardomercado261
@bernardomercado261 3 жыл бұрын
@@prakharmishra3000 bigger
@BugsWisely
@BugsWisely 3 жыл бұрын
And consequently due to never having been able to actually interpret X-ray images; drill holes in your teeth unnecessarily. Many later subjected to class action lawsuits.
@ArtemisAYO
@ArtemisAYO 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no
@LittleWhole
@LittleWhole 3 жыл бұрын
@@BugsWisely Carp
@PokerageAH
@PokerageAH 3 жыл бұрын
As a Michigan native, I was hoping that the "Fish Tazer" would just fry anything unlucky enough to be in the water.
@Commrade-DOGE
@Commrade-DOGE 3 жыл бұрын
I mean that would also allow for free cooked fish...
@aaronortiz7818
@aaronortiz7818 3 жыл бұрын
@@Commrade-DOGE I think you’re on to something here
@jakeryan4545
@jakeryan4545 3 жыл бұрын
I think it would be cool if they somehow taught the carp to eat lampreys and zebra mussels instead of plankton.
@johnladuke6475
@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not quite clear on why it isn't designed to do that. These monsters can destroy an ecosystem, why are we going with a solution that "should deter them" instead of a 100% lethal shock?
@andyb2028
@andyb2028 3 жыл бұрын
@@smeggiamagarwine electric selection
@ojtheaviator1795
@ojtheaviator1795 3 жыл бұрын
Asian carp eat a ton Sounds like they're fitting right in here in the US
@prakharmishra3000
@prakharmishra3000 3 жыл бұрын
Can I please start a fight here?
@jmonsted
@jmonsted 3 жыл бұрын
Most americans also eat 20% of their bodyweight in lower life forms every day?
@bartholomewdan
@bartholomewdan 3 жыл бұрын
@@jmonsted As a European, that sounds about right.
@prakharmishra3000
@prakharmishra3000 3 жыл бұрын
@@bartholomewdan truer words have never been spoken
@GyroCannon
@GyroCannon 3 жыл бұрын
And racists say that immigrants don't assimilate. Sounds like the carp assimilate really well. About 20% of their body weight each day.
@lonestarr1490
@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын
"To be completed in 2027". And they're confident the carp won't reach Lake Michigan for another 6 years?
@bjh3612
@bjh3612 3 жыл бұрын
nope, the already existing electric batrier was thought to have been enough. you can think of this as the last minute, oh shit we are about to lose 23 billion yearly if this fails again strategy.
@CarrotConsumer
@CarrotConsumer 3 жыл бұрын
Lol, what a colossusly stupid problem.
@mittensfastpaw
@mittensfastpaw 3 жыл бұрын
@@bjh3612 You know some idiot will release them into the lake in ignorance or on purpose to be a jackass with it that close.
@NshbrVrjsn
@NshbrVrjsn 3 жыл бұрын
@@mittensfastpaw honestly, i can see it being a tiktok challenge
@algorithm1193
@algorithm1193 3 жыл бұрын
"found within 3 miles" basically translates to "they're probably in there, you're fucked"
@60secondfinance81
@60secondfinance81 3 жыл бұрын
Next video on Wendover Productions: The logistics of flying fish
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 жыл бұрын
I guess that's close enough to airplanes.
@JaxAug
@JaxAug 3 жыл бұрын
Is Wendover a competitor?
@alvinmaulana95
@alvinmaulana95 3 жыл бұрын
@@JaxAug yes
@UwU-mo7xh
@UwU-mo7xh 3 жыл бұрын
"4 out of 5 dentists agree that boats are bigger than Carp" -HAI 2021
@duncangilpatric987
@duncangilpatric987 3 жыл бұрын
I want to meet that 5th dentist
@troler7147
@troler7147 3 жыл бұрын
which of these dentists said that Carp were bigger than the boats?
@renderproductions1032
@renderproductions1032 3 жыл бұрын
|-O-|.
@UwU-mo7xh
@UwU-mo7xh 3 жыл бұрын
Legend says the fifth dentist flunked International fish studies...
@tudorjason
@tudorjason 3 жыл бұрын
The fifth dentist cheated in all of his exams.
@carsoncarter770
@carsoncarter770 3 жыл бұрын
Our school just made us do a project on this exact situation. We had to design a solution to keep bighead carp out of Lake Michigan. THIS EXACT ONE. If this video came out a week earlier, then I would have had my answer.
@NopWorks
@NopWorks 3 жыл бұрын
Should just make a network of boats with super strong tasers and put them in all waters to kill all the fishes and repopulate them with native species. Some of the waters are mostly made out of carps anyway.
@LionHeartSamy
@LionHeartSamy 3 жыл бұрын
So what did you come up with?
@vijays8555
@vijays8555 3 жыл бұрын
Asian carp is one of the well liked fish in India n china. American dont eat it because of its bone. If you cant kill them just eat them. Create fish export system, or force pet food and fertilizer industry to use carp fish
@Morningstar_37
@Morningstar_37 3 жыл бұрын
@@vijays8555 "If you cant kill them just eat them" like, alive?
@NautilusSSN571
@NautilusSSN571 3 жыл бұрын
@@Morningstar_37 No he means like if your hearth can't handle the mass killing of a fish species for merely existing then just try eating then so at least they died for something. Which is a pretty stupid way of thinking, the best thing you can do is kill them as soon as you catch them an then throw them back into the water, that way other creatures like baby bluegills, or crawfish can feed on their remains.
@OhThatEdit
@OhThatEdit 3 жыл бұрын
Thats indeed an interesting way to spend money
@6z0
@6z0 3 жыл бұрын
crazy
@cypoopie
@cypoopie 3 жыл бұрын
Disagreed. Just give me to money to eat them all!!!
@TheWeekndGaming
@TheWeekndGaming 3 жыл бұрын
amogus
@TheWeekndGaming
@TheWeekndGaming 3 жыл бұрын
guys look verified youtuber reply quick before there’s 500 replies
@Raspberry1111
@Raspberry1111 3 жыл бұрын
that is indeed the *best* way to spend money
@gamechip06
@gamechip06 3 жыл бұрын
"They out compete their american counterpart"... Dude, *ouch*
@pulkitmohta8964
@pulkitmohta8964 3 жыл бұрын
That's truer than I could possibly prove it to be true
@davisdelp8131
@davisdelp8131 3 жыл бұрын
They use cheap and basically slave labor to outcompete us
@ethanverdersa2520
@ethanverdersa2520 3 жыл бұрын
Well, yeah... its kind of hard to compete with slavery
@davisdelp8131
@davisdelp8131 3 жыл бұрын
@@ethanverdersa2520 I now right it is almost like you don’t pay them anything or give them basic rights hmmmmmmm
@qifuhyue3568
@qifuhyue3568 3 жыл бұрын
Those mfs work for like 12 hours a day, they’re hardworking af
@starwarsnerd95
@starwarsnerd95 3 жыл бұрын
now I have to ask why they went to all the trouble of setting up this anti-carp barrier when they could have simply declared war on the carp and sent in a squad of marines to take them all out?
@johnladuke6475
@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, declaring war should work. Like the war on drugs, war on homelessness, war on terrorism... oh you mean shootin' wars. So a quick efficient solution like the war on Afghanistan, the war on Iraq, the war on Vietnam...
@starandfox601
@starandfox601 3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean like the emu war?
@gamarus0kragh
@gamarus0kragh 3 жыл бұрын
Well the Norwegian answer is or was to kill all life in the rivers proven or suspected of harboring an infectious salmon virus. So, there's a well tested method for you. Don't know what people would say if you proposed to kill all higher aquatic lifeforms in the entire Mississippi...
@NautilusSSN571
@NautilusSSN571 3 жыл бұрын
@@starandfox601 Ohh no those ended badly.
@chilln0648
@chilln0648 3 жыл бұрын
Well 90% of the life in the river is carp, so you’d basically have to just kill the entire river
@cypoopie
@cypoopie 3 жыл бұрын
I want to have my gravestone say "here lies George Smith, he died by being slapped in the face from asian carp"
@prakharmishra3000
@prakharmishra3000 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine just visiting a funeral and seeing that on a gravestone. I'll burst out laughing
@Michael_Chater
@Michael_Chater 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, you have the most generic name I can think of Coincidence... I think not
@cypoopie
@cypoopie 3 жыл бұрын
@@Michael_Chater (:
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 жыл бұрын
We can make arrangements for that.
@clockworkgnome
@clockworkgnome 3 жыл бұрын
Do you work at the Ministry of Silly Walks by chance?
@MortyMortyMorty
@MortyMortyMorty 3 жыл бұрын
If one of those fishes go thought that system, then that's not only an invasive fish, but also a *strong boi invasive fish king with superpowers* so it will be even more impossible to get rid of them in lake Michigan.
@stijn2472
@stijn2472 3 жыл бұрын
Easy. Just CARPet bomb the Carp.
@LittleWhole
@LittleWhole 3 жыл бұрын
@@stijn2472 Carp
@userkfkcifisjd
@userkfkcifisjd 3 жыл бұрын
𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙮, strong boi carp
@Ben.N
@Ben.N 2 жыл бұрын
Tazer resistant Asian carp
@rock4cheese
@rock4cheese 3 жыл бұрын
What these fish teach us is to seize the day. In other words, carpe diem.
@johnladuke6475
@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm not supposed to seize the fish? I've lived my whole life wrong.
@steviroy
@steviroy 3 жыл бұрын
Foods for the worms o captain! My captain!
@scratchliquid1
@scratchliquid1 3 жыл бұрын
carp-e diem
@amandaliberty08
@amandaliberty08 3 жыл бұрын
That's the corniest comment on the net today... Well done
@clockworkgnome
@clockworkgnome 3 жыл бұрын
Carpe carp…Seize the carp
@MyPhobo
@MyPhobo 3 жыл бұрын
I solemnly put my hand on my heart as the US National Anthem plays and hundreds of dead fish float to the surface of the lake behind me. One patriotic tear falls from my cheek.
@Think_Inc
@Think_Inc 3 жыл бұрын
Oh....! I get it. Fish HATE noise.
@Redwan777
@Redwan777 7 ай бұрын
The sound of freedom is just too much for the carps to handle 😂
@robertk1701
@robertk1701 3 жыл бұрын
If the song of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly has taught me anything, they just need a bigger fish to eat the Asian Carp. Perhaps the Alligator Gar. Then just bring in Alligators to hunt the gar. Bring in raccoons to take care of the baby alligators. Coyotes for the raccoons. Brown bears for the coyotes. Tigers for the bears. Umm. How does song end again? Ohhh, nevermind.
@andyb2028
@andyb2028 3 жыл бұрын
Take up the ol' murican tradition: shooting problems to make them go away
@whafflete6721
@whafflete6721 3 жыл бұрын
@@andyb2028 "Lake get spammed? Shoot your problems away"
@MarkWTK
@MarkWTK 3 жыл бұрын
@@smeggiamagarwine yes, the old lady can nag the tiger and bear to death
@MarkWTK
@MarkWTK 3 жыл бұрын
@@smeggiamagarwine oh haha. I'm not from the US, so I didn't know any better. sad ending though.
@clockworkgnome
@clockworkgnome 3 жыл бұрын
*Dragons*
@MagikarpMan
@MagikarpMan 3 жыл бұрын
Kyle hill: the worlds most dangerous water HAI: fish taser
@mincos_outon
@mincos_outon 3 жыл бұрын
All hail the basilisk
@KnightIA
@KnightIA 3 жыл бұрын
Magikarp
@badhrihari1705
@badhrihari1705 3 жыл бұрын
Boat people: living Carp: And I took that personally
@madensmith7014
@madensmith7014 3 жыл бұрын
They just want to give a high five to the land dwellers. Why do people think they hate people?
@obilesk
@obilesk 3 жыл бұрын
this hit me so silly i had to stop and laugh it out
@KnightIA
@KnightIA 3 жыл бұрын
“Slapped to death by a fishy boi”
@Crooshka
@Crooshka 3 жыл бұрын
I'm 100% certain the Army Corp of Engineers would have gone with fish taser. Sadly, "taser" falls under the trademark of Taser International. "Electric dispersal barrier" was probably the backup name that the designers went with. It allowed the device to have a cool name, but also an acronym they could reference in every other sentence to make military jargon sound even more like a scrambled recitation of the alphabet.
@xaninator
@xaninator 3 жыл бұрын
"3 Asian carp have been captured past the electric barrier here, that's CURRENTLY the primary line of defense" pun intended?
@theeclipsemaster
@theeclipsemaster 2 жыл бұрын
Likely no, but he will take credit
@Ninten007
@Ninten007 3 жыл бұрын
As a Lake Michigan adjacent Michigander, I can't tell you how big of a deal this is to us.
@ishashka
@ishashka 3 жыл бұрын
Why not?
@chilln0648
@chilln0648 3 жыл бұрын
Me too as someone who lives in Illinois near Chicago.
@mittensfastpaw
@mittensfastpaw 3 жыл бұрын
Kill all the river fish! 90% trash fish anyways! Then repopulate!
@oliversmalley7771
@oliversmalley7771 3 жыл бұрын
I've heard of this, but "fish taser" is definitely the greatest name for it ever.
@No-uc6fg
@No-uc6fg 3 жыл бұрын
For april fools, you oughta make a video that's not about bricks, start explaining bricks and continue. The joke is that it was about bricks, everyone just thought it was an intro distraction.
@mcdonaldschickensandwich1185
@mcdonaldschickensandwich1185 2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit you did it
@TheTyman3000
@TheTyman3000 3 жыл бұрын
Lol I literally live 10 minutes from the Asian Buffet shown at 0:46, I had to go back and look at it several times.
@NautilusSSN571
@NautilusSSN571 3 жыл бұрын
Loool
@6..............
@6.............. 3 жыл бұрын
@Cali Boy 10th avenue
@debated8358
@debated8358 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine someone having to justify the fish taser at a congressional budget hearing: “Bu- But the fish were da- da- ngerous”. Haha I love your videos though, as they served as an inspiration for my channel.
@AxxLAfriku
@AxxLAfriku 3 жыл бұрын
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZfaqr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Btw I have TWO very HOT GIRLfriends who I show off in my v*deos. Thank you for your attention, dear deb
@niddhigarg3344
@niddhigarg3344 3 жыл бұрын
So I looked at your channel, and it looked pretty interesting. Like you make videos in different topics than HAI but use a similar format, which is very neat. I will subscribe!
@debated8358
@debated8358 3 жыл бұрын
@@niddhigarg3344 oh thanks!
@sentientmop317
@sentientmop317 3 жыл бұрын
From Northern Illinois and I can say with certainty that this is a serious issue. Jokes aside this is a serious issue and really not much has worked so far.
@Shadeem
@Shadeem 3 жыл бұрын
immigrant fish
@kadenk.3760
@kadenk.3760 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Sam Fromwendover 19something - 2021 Slapped to death by a fish.
@ihavetowait90daystochangem67
@ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta until a kid accidentally steps on the river and dies
@auxencefromont1989
@auxencefromont1989 3 жыл бұрын
*timmy : slapped to death by a fish*
@pastrychefiii822
@pastrychefiii822 3 жыл бұрын
YES FINALLY ON THE RIGHT CHANNEL!!!!!!!!
@hdhwkq
@hdhwkq 3 жыл бұрын
But there are many channels but with different narrators
@JackGirard1
@JackGirard1 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: people with pacemakers aren't allowed near the lock. I work freight trains on the tracks next to it and we had to stop crew swaps near there due to the health hazard.
@chrisbeynon8700
@chrisbeynon8700 3 жыл бұрын
You know it's going to be a wild video when it starts with 'the US government'
@kirkland2228
@kirkland2228 3 жыл бұрын
That’s when you know that we’re about to learn something about bricks.
@61rampy65
@61rampy65 3 жыл бұрын
@@kirkland2228 Sadly, no bricks this time. :(
@nazamroth8427
@nazamroth8427 3 жыл бұрын
This sounds like it all relies on all fish eggs and larvae being successfully flushed out, and every carp getting scared of the barriers..... it is literally based on hopes and dreams....
@ravenwing199
@ravenwing199 3 жыл бұрын
Except for the Tazer. That will kill many many fish.
@LeviForWaifu
@LeviForWaifu 3 жыл бұрын
@@ravenwing199 it doesn't kill them as said in the video
@nazamroth8427
@nazamroth8427 3 жыл бұрын
@@LeviForWaifu That would be animal cruelty, and we can only have that if the animals will be food later.
@ravenwing199
@ravenwing199 3 жыл бұрын
@@LeviForWaifu I'm thinking young or small fish who it will likely incapacitate.
@gormster
@gormster 3 жыл бұрын
2:44 so I thought it was crazy that Lake Michigan’s fishing industry was less than half the size of its recreational boating industry, but astoundingly the domestic fishing industry nationwide is dwarfed by the recreational boating industry, which is more than six times the size of the former. Even if you include imported fish, it’s still about two-and-a-half times larger. America, you are an odd duck.
@keeganharris186
@keeganharris186 Жыл бұрын
Fish isn't a major part of the American diet unless its Lent in a catholic area.
@adrianrafaelmagana804
@adrianrafaelmagana804 3 жыл бұрын
"This is Murica, I will never bow down to no..." *FISH SLAP* "All hail Carplord!"
@davidtorres8396
@davidtorres8396 3 жыл бұрын
Bubbles are a last resort when we have a giant taser floor? That’s hilarious!
@CLINT-THE-GREAT
@CLINT-THE-GREAT 3 жыл бұрын
I live on the Illinois river and in the summer they have festivals where people compete shooting these carp with a bow and arrow when they jump out of the water
@scythal
@scythal 3 жыл бұрын
w-what about shooting them with guns?? m...murica????
@t6hp
@t6hp 3 жыл бұрын
@@scythal Shots aren't free you know..
@scottsieke7948
@scottsieke7948 3 жыл бұрын
“Electroids...” Sounds dangerous.
@johnladuke6475
@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын
Also sounds like something that plants might crave.
@kv4648
@kv4648 3 жыл бұрын
2:02 uwu what are you doing carp-san *blush *
@SK-pw9id
@SK-pw9id 3 жыл бұрын
No
@Nota-Skaven
@Nota-Skaven 3 жыл бұрын
"Boaters GENERALLY dislike being smacked in the face by large fish", this implies a minority that doesn't mind being slapped or even likes it.
@flamefaz
@flamefaz 3 жыл бұрын
what the 𝙁 𝙍 𝙄 𝘾 𝘾
@x3non57
@x3non57 3 жыл бұрын
9 of 10 boaters dislike being slapped by a fish.
@qwerty_and_azerty
@qwerty_and_azerty 3 жыл бұрын
@@x3non57 4 out of 5 dentists agree that 9 out of 10 boaters disliked being slapped my carp
@folofus4815
@folofus4815 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to know that this is what they take 30% of my paycheck for
@patrickstar9684
@patrickstar9684 3 жыл бұрын
$800 Million is pocket change in government money.
@renderproductions1032
@renderproductions1032 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@uwu_senpai
@uwu_senpai 3 жыл бұрын
In France they take 60% of my paychecks for even more stupider stuffs. And our wages are way lower. So Americans shouldn't really complain. 800 millions $ to support a 20 billion $ industry is quite reasonnable.
@attritionsghost
@attritionsghost 3 жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as government money...it is all tax payer money...
@renderproductions1032
@renderproductions1032 3 жыл бұрын
@@uwu_senpai who wouldn’t complain about being taxed, though?
@alexandriaprissy9555
@alexandriaprissy9555 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing a depressed person some happiness
@wrenrix
@wrenrix 3 жыл бұрын
The shade in this video-
@keoganlarademusic918
@keoganlarademusic918 3 жыл бұрын
This channel is the definition of "alright it's almost 10 I should go to sleep soon" 3 AM:
@FlyingMozzarella
@FlyingMozzarella 3 жыл бұрын
5:07 "electroids" 😂
@HeyImLauren
@HeyImLauren 3 жыл бұрын
0:19 what do you mean? that intro is f i n tastic
@David-lr2vi
@David-lr2vi 3 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there.
@ljphoenix4341
@ljphoenix4341 3 жыл бұрын
I've already brought the Nebula subscription, but I'll always watch HAI videos on KZfaq just to hear the smooth transitions from content to sponsorship 👌
@D00000T
@D00000T 3 жыл бұрын
Good to know that America's spending is being well placed in creating cutting edge military technology like they say
@hugopnik3380
@hugopnik3380 3 жыл бұрын
citizens: can you just support us more? US government: Haha fish lazer goes BZZZBZBZBZBZ edit: I meant tazer, but I think US government is capable of creating fish lazer
@ch4.hayabusa
@ch4.hayabusa 3 жыл бұрын
Frikin Lasers! I wish they would spend money on technology that has off shoots. Not just purpose made off the shelf tech. Why not have sentient robot muder fish. Why not have sharks with Lasers, neuralink and satellite hive mind connectivity. Why not have autonomous submarines with anti carp torpedoes.
@REEEPROGRAM
@REEEPROGRAM 3 жыл бұрын
The "Slap to death by a fish" sounds like a fun way to die
@auhsojacosta1672
@auhsojacosta1672 3 жыл бұрын
Wait til you find out about white stuff overdose
@simonforget280
@simonforget280 3 жыл бұрын
There's already Asian Carps in the St. Lawrence river. They came either with ballast water or from the Great Lakes. Take your bids: yours are as good as mine. Keep up your excellent work!
@jamestarbet9608
@jamestarbet9608 3 жыл бұрын
The fish taser has been active for years.
@Yuge428
@Yuge428 3 жыл бұрын
keeping the principle of " learning by doing" in mind, I've come to the conclusion that we should not watch an HAI video while drinking coffee and in close proximity to the laptop. i opened it thinking its an educational video.
@FrostyFrostySnow
@FrostyFrostySnow 3 жыл бұрын
Pokèmon was my favourite documentary as a kid as well, right up there with that documentary about a mermaid girl named Ariel
@rw9495
@rw9495 3 жыл бұрын
"4 out of 5 dentists agree that boats are bigger than carp" 🤣🤣
@waffle2434
@waffle2434 3 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who paused the video just to read the original intro?
@CAG2
@CAG2 3 жыл бұрын
Has anyone else watched Kyle Hill’s video on this exact same topic?
@gunnarfreeman9123
@gunnarfreeman9123 3 жыл бұрын
Justice for that gem of an intro
@kaikjs2252
@kaikjs2252 3 жыл бұрын
One of your best videos yet
@foxstamp
@foxstamp 3 жыл бұрын
Ok question: Suppose I was a creator of chaos and I stole some Asian carp from the Illinois river and I wanted to go over to Lake Michigan to create a carp apocalypse. What's stopping me? Are there any enforced laws that stop me?
@elegantbiscuit2771
@elegantbiscuit2771 3 жыл бұрын
Potentially a class action or regular lawsuit from the people who suffered financial losses, which may probably include all the great lake states, and they come after you for damages. They could also probably get a few million separate charges of property damage or reckless endangerment, maybe murder if the collapse of the great lakes economy results in some suicides considering you knowingly and maliciously did this. Although it would be pretty much impossible to track down that it was you who did it (unless you leave a youtube comment about this plan like you just did)... The search area for potential suspects would basically be anyone in over a dozen states in the entire mississippi river basin, cross referenced with anyone in the 8 states bordering the great lakes, where they would have to have your vehicle and license plate tracked down across multiple state lines and potentially along thousands of miles of rural roads, and eliminate every other person traveling between the two watersheds. All you really have to do is show up with a fishing pole somewhere along the mississippi and start catching, put them in a few buckets or tubs of water with an aerator and battery power supply to keep the fish alive and drive it over to the great lakes to dump em in. You can basically ruin hundreds of thousands of lives over the course of a weekend if you really wanted.
@foxstamp
@foxstamp 3 жыл бұрын
@@elegantbiscuit2771 Exactly, I'm not interested about the aftermath of what happens. I'm just a little confused that because of how simple it is why no one has done it yet. So I guess it's really that easy?
@bjh3612
@bjh3612 3 жыл бұрын
there are also fish and wildlife services in most of these states, that keep an eye on who has fishing licenses, how fish are large scale transported and other things. but really ther is no preventative force to stop you only retalitory, as if you are publically revealed as the perpetrator, you will have the residents of multiple states and canadian provinces at your throat.
@altrag
@altrag 3 жыл бұрын
Assuming anyone actually figured out it was you, I'm pretty sure ecoterrorism has crimes defined to cover pretty much anything you can do with the intent of damaging the environment (especially commercially important parts of the environment cause money). * Edit: I mean non-sanctioned actions of course. If you can figure out how to make destroying the environment in that way profitable and get a license from.. somebody.. then freedom baby!
@friedpancakes266
@friedpancakes266 3 жыл бұрын
While bringing over a natural predator would wipe out the invasive species, there's a risk of driving out the native predators as well
@starandfox601
@starandfox601 3 жыл бұрын
We could owes just stop killing the large top predators for stupid reasons.considering far and large catfish can eat carp
@Michelrs
@Michelrs 3 жыл бұрын
Humans: *use fish taser* Aquaman: *TRIGGERED*
@Amalokch
@Amalokch 2 жыл бұрын
As an automation and controls engineer who has been working 10 years in the aquaculture this is so interesting and you earn a new subscribed.
@davidpower1843
@davidpower1843 3 жыл бұрын
Steel what? “Electroids”? Are we taseing fish with Pokémon? Edit: I paused the video and posted this before you referenced Pokémon 😂
@dylanp_ayz8016
@dylanp_ayz8016 3 жыл бұрын
Yo can you do an episode about the texas grid failure right now? its basically a meme. DFW area here: without power for 20+ hours on "Rolling blackouts"
@ChiefBeef80085
@ChiefBeef80085 3 жыл бұрын
Hey! I've been to that break wall! It's in Petoskey, Michigan. Fun times to be had there!
@gerry5712
@gerry5712 2 жыл бұрын
According to the USGS Asian carp are actually quite tasty, just a lot of bony to work with. Set up a packing plant (or cat food factory) just downstream of the barrier and use them all up. You can even give them "carp blanche..."
@joshwhitehurstx
@joshwhitehurstx 3 жыл бұрын
Accordion to a recent study, 90% of the people didn’t realize i put an instrument at the start of this sentence (now I want my like) 01.05.21 15:33
@Trirosmos
@Trirosmos 3 жыл бұрын
5:11 " You pulse direct current through it " Current that changes with time... Hmm, surely there must be a name for that
@Alan_Hans__
@Alan_Hans__ 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Pulsed DC current. AC current actually involves changing the polarity.
@crackedemerald4930
@crackedemerald4930 3 жыл бұрын
Every current is Pulsed DC or AC because they'll never last forever.
@tejasdixit4417
@tejasdixit4417 3 жыл бұрын
We have a similar problem here in India. The government introduced water hyacinths thinking they are getting pretty flowers for cheap but they had no natural predators and sucked oxygen right out of rivers.
@jusawaterbottle
@jusawaterbottle 3 жыл бұрын
"So what do you call a Fish with no Arms?" *The little mermaid after a tragic boating accident*
@warren5037
@warren5037 3 жыл бұрын
1:08 so even in fish, there's always an asian better than you 🤣
@Marylandbrony
@Marylandbrony 3 жыл бұрын
I'm starting suspect that Wendover productions and Half as interesting are the same person.
@Weretyu7777
@Weretyu7777 3 жыл бұрын
You do realize that they ARE the same person, right? He just uses a more serious voice and less jokes on his Wendover videos.
@tarunbasra8230
@tarunbasra8230 3 жыл бұрын
Nooooo I don't think so
@marcpatzelt2430
@marcpatzelt2430 3 жыл бұрын
It is exactly the same person
@eladblaier898
@eladblaier898 3 жыл бұрын
"4 out of 5 dentists agree that boats are bigger than carps" the reamining one is probably Qui-Gon-Jin
@scotthannan8669
@scotthannan8669 3 жыл бұрын
I’m looking forward to all the Carp-centric programming on the new Wendover Productions. Things like “Don’t fall for that hook!!”, “Is the President actually a cat??”, and “1970 Carp State vs Bass U Highlight Reel” and of course lots of TikTok‘s about how this or that ‘slaps’, now that carp are in charge of slapping things.
@exploding_pineapples
@exploding_pineapples 3 жыл бұрын
"Your hard-earned taxpayer dollars are being wisely spent" - Someone in the US government, 19th century
@nicholaslewis8594
@nicholaslewis8594 Жыл бұрын
If it works then seems like a good investment.
@amritkar256
@amritkar256 3 жыл бұрын
Other Governments: Hey, we can use all this money to help hospitals get better equipment, and help schools get better materials! USA: *Fish Taser*
@nicholaslewis8594
@nicholaslewis8594 Жыл бұрын
I mean making sure an industry worth tens of billions of dollars doesn’t die is a pretty good use of money.
@squinty36isdabomb
@squinty36isdabomb 3 жыл бұрын
I've heard about this being an issue of them almost being in 4-5 years ago, it would be hard to believe they aren't in already. Not that all the slaughter houses on the Kalamazoo River is already destroying Lake Michigan with all the pollution. Not to mention the breaking pipeline under the Mackinac Bridge.
@alexandermarvin9536
@alexandermarvin9536 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on fish ladders. And alternative methods to try to transport fish around dams.
@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038
@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, you know you sound just like that guy from Wendover Productions?
@cypriotmappers5342
@cypriotmappers5342 3 жыл бұрын
He is the guy from Wendover productions
@Brikxar
@Brikxar 3 жыл бұрын
@@cypriotmappers5342 Do I need to whoooosh you?
@AnonymousMC
@AnonymousMC 3 жыл бұрын
Hi guys! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!
@williamhalsted4
@williamhalsted4 7 ай бұрын
He's always telling us about really intriguing things, flashing a bunch of text on the screen, and making me pause the video and back it up to read it.
@matthewplunk4928
@matthewplunk4928 3 жыл бұрын
Love the Kent Brockman joke! Keep 'em coming my guy!
@boredmusic4302
@boredmusic4302 3 жыл бұрын
Sad Fact: In Africa, every 60 seconds a minute passes.
@johnladuke6475
@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын
What can I do to stop this injustice?
@kirkc9643
@kirkc9643 3 жыл бұрын
That's not entirely accurate. Due to gravitational variances on the surface of the earth, time varies slightly. But then I think that is 'relative to the observer' so I guess it depends on whether you are located at that same place in Africa or not :-P
@nicholaslewis8594
@nicholaslewis8594 Жыл бұрын
It’d still be true, since no matter how different the rate is, it’d still be 60s=1m.
@2KOOLURATOOLGaming
@2KOOLURATOOLGaming 3 жыл бұрын
Have a good day! Nope, I'm not one of those not accounts that asks for subs. No, this is not a double bluff. Just have a good day!
@antonipolski9569
@antonipolski9569 3 жыл бұрын
Ok
@kebabson3797
@kebabson3797 3 жыл бұрын
No its a bluff
@lonestarr1490
@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын
@@kebabson3797 A triple bluff.
@ahmadprogramming1197
@ahmadprogramming1197 3 жыл бұрын
Me: wants to sleep KZfaq: "You wanna see a $800 million dollar fish taser?" Me:
@mohantysarthak
@mohantysarthak 3 жыл бұрын
THE CARPET CLEANER PUN THO LMAO
@fd16gaming8
@fd16gaming8 3 жыл бұрын
Im not first(although I am), Im not last, But most importantly, NO ONE ASKED!
@quokka_yt
@quokka_yt 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! NO ONE CARES IF YOU'RE FIRST!
@theprimest
@theprimest 3 жыл бұрын
If you're reading this you have potential to create great things, you were put on this planet for greatness, remember that. Yes. You
@emirturkmen4524
@emirturkmen4524 3 жыл бұрын
Not me
@deesh6378
@deesh6378 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't they have created a large conveyor that sticks out of the water that can carry the boats along but leaves the fish, since they'd be in the open air and can be either removed manually or would suffocate. Some places already have a system like this for other reasons but it could be more effective and cheaper.
@markiangooley
@markiangooley 3 жыл бұрын
In the Suwanee River, boaters get smacked in the face by leaping sturgeon trying to attract mates for spawning. The sturgeon are considered endangered though (they are native and were very nearly wiped out for caviar).
@SeoDeadeHenn
@SeoDeadeHenn 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives along the Illinois River, I can confirm that fishe smak = big ouch
@Nathanorange6
@Nathanorange6 3 жыл бұрын
This is so interesting, I drive past the Brandon Road bridge often. And it's a giant pile of trash. It hasn't been open in over a year. (This bridge being out doubles my commute, so I'm a bit bitter.) I hope they have plans to build a functional bridge with the lovely fish taser.
@joebleasdale5557
@joebleasdale5557 3 жыл бұрын
“If you love fish like I do, you’ll want them to die with dignity.” - Homer Simpson, 2k07
@joshuahunt3032
@joshuahunt3032 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t they just electrocute the living hell out of the invasive carp instead of just driving them back?
@maasbekooy901
@maasbekooy901 3 жыл бұрын
3:38 I would like to have a word with the 1 out of 5 that disagree with that statement
@IRLtrolls
@IRLtrolls 3 жыл бұрын
I knew what this video was about before I even opened it! I work on a Mississippi River tow boat and I've been all the way up the Illinois River to the Chicago sanitation canal (Chicago dumped raw sewage into the CSC until the 1980s) . I've been through the electric fish barrier many times. Every time we pass through it the captain makes us get inside and close the doors...I doubt we could get shocked outside the boat but thats just policy. Something you missed is the lock diagram you made had it flushing water out south bound and the boat and barges dropping and going north bound but north bound tows have to go UP for elevation increases so this flushing diagram you made doesn't work.
@TheHeatguru
@TheHeatguru 3 жыл бұрын
I literally listened to a radio podcast about this the other day
@theremightbeangels5909
@theremightbeangels5909 2 жыл бұрын
I imagine a carp passing the taser level would end up seeing the bubble field and turning back, but turning back means seeing the taser level again, so it turns back, then it sees the bubble field again so it turns back, but turning back means seeing the taser level again, so it turns back, but the bubble field...
@shanechurilla
@shanechurilla 3 жыл бұрын
“Then I indeed welcome our new carp overlords” Nice touch
@MrGrombie
@MrGrombie 3 жыл бұрын
I like when non fish people show pictures of "carp" and the show off silver arawanas lol
@kevinkenny5427
@kevinkenny5427 3 жыл бұрын
"Makes you wonder why they aren't called American Carp" Fkn hilarious!!
@lamenwatch1877
@lamenwatch1877 2 жыл бұрын
0:19 I paused right before the word "carp" thinking I was about to read the whole thing, and was unreasonably amused when I got to the "end". Oh dear.
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