Contamination fears over two-headed Australian fish
January 14th, 2009 in Biology /
Photo of a bass larvae spawned with two heads taken by fish farm owner Gwen Gilson. Matt Landos, an aquatic animal specialist and member of the Australian College of Veterinarian Scientists, said the mutant larvae at a Noosa River fish farm survived just 48 hours and were dying en masse, with toxic chemical contamination the likely cause of the mutations.
Toxic chemical contamination was the likely cause of fatal fish mutations in northern Australia in which thousands of bass larvae spawned with two heads, an expert said Wednesday.
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