Fish With Dicks

Pharmaceuticals humans take to remain healthy are leaking into a Las Vegas lake and really fucking up some fish.

The lake has become contaminated with remnants of pain killers, antibiotics and mood stabilizers, among other things. The contamination has resulted in some female fish growing male genitals, as well as some dude fish developing female genitals.

Other than turning a lot of fish into hermies, it's also decreased the sperm count of other fish and lowered their sex drive. Now, how can you blame the contamination for the lowering of sex drives? That could just as easily be contributed to the fact that all the chick fish have cocks now. Of course the dude sex drives would go down.

Oh, it should probably also be mentioned that this lake is one of Nevada's largest sources for drinking water.


This is pretty much completely unrelated, but here are the first few paragraphs from the CNN.com article on the subject:

"On this brisk, glittering morning, a flat-bottomed boat glides across the massive reservoir that provides Las Vegas its drinking water. An ominous rumble growls beneath the craft as its two long, electrified claws extend into the depths.

Moments later, dozens of stunned fish float to the surface.

Federal scientists scoop them up and transfer them into 50-quart Coleman ice chests for transport to a makeshift lab on the dusty lakeshore.

Within the hour, the researchers will club the seven-pound common carps to death, draw their blood, snip out their gonads and pack them in aluminum foil and dry ice."

First off, it was nice to see some intern to take a break from writing their earth-changing novel to write an opening paragraph.

Secondly, so we should be overly concerned with some chick fish growing some wangs and completely overlook the brutal electrocuting and beating to death of the fish? Some of the stuff we humans do in the name of science is mind boggling.

Thirdly, gonads is a funny word. It's fun to pretend you're at a high school football game as the North Central Nads play their cross town rivals, and in a dramatic come from behind victory you find yourself yelling over and over again "GO NADS, GO!!"

In closing, when medicine says "For External Use Only," that doesn't mean pour it in a lake.