<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Snakeheads</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/snakeheads?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><description>Snakeheads</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Snakehead Up for a Change in Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46009-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46009-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Of all the names that have been hurled at the northern snakehead -- intruder, predator, Frankenfish -- Alan Gardner would like to add one more to the list: victim.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Snakehead Is No Bundle of Joy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6590-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6590-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Scientists say last week's discovery of a baby northern snakehead in the Potomac River is proof that the Asian predator is breeding in native waters.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold and Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contest Nets Fish Tales but Nary a Snakehead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60667-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60667-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The day dawned cloudless, plump with possibilities for the fearless sportsmen.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakehead Ban Changed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60754-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60754-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Maryland officials have revised a ban on snakeheads.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Still at Sea Over Snakeheads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For a moment early this week, Virginia scientists thought they might have finally found ground zero for the northern snakehead's invasion of the Potomac River.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[River Roundup Comes Up Snake Eyes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28603-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28603-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the infant sport of snakehead fishing, everybody has a theory about what makes the toothy creature bite.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Not to Love? Fish's Fans Say]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35415-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35415-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pet owners are upset by Maryland's proposed ban on snakehead possession.]]></description><author> Darragh Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Consuming Fear for Fishermen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24888-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24888-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Cliff Magnus has glimpsed the future of the Potomac River, and it's an ugly sight: "It was totally covered in slime that was dripping off it like spaghetti sauce."]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakeheads Likely Here to Stay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16016-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16016-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One fish was a worry. Two fish were a troubling trend. Now that the total is up to nine, some scientists say they're close to conceding.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold  and Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Search for Snakehead, Other Fish Get a Jolt]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1277-2004May29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1277-2004May29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The electro-fishing technique, used for years to survey fish populations in lakes and rivers, is now being used to search the Potomac and its tributaries for the northern snakehead.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakehead Hoopla Just a Memory]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48630-2004May22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48630-2004May22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The battlefield has been deserted.<br>One flip-flop dangles facedown in the dark water. A hairless tennis ball bobs nearby. Ominous clues? No one is around to say. Under the trees at the edge of the Crofton pond where the sinister snakehead first reared its ugly maw, an eerie silence now...]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[3rd Snakehead Taints the Potomac]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34540-2004May17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34540-2004May17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An angler competing in a bass fishing competition on Saturday pulled a 13-inch northern snakehead out of the Potomac River, marking the third time in nine days that the exotic species has been captured in or near the waterway and heightening fears that the Asian predators could become permanently established.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting With Bated Breath]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31591-2004May16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31591-2004May16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The latest snakehead fished from the Potomac River raises concerns that the Potomac may be a new -- and hard-to-control -- home for the dreaded fish with the big appetite.]]></description><author> Sue Anne Pressley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infamous Fish Worries Anglers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28437-2004May14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28437-2004May14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was a cloudless morning along the Potomac River.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishermen Enlisted to Expunge Snakeheads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28176-2004May14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28176-2004May14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With no way to rid the Potomac River of the snakehead, many fear the fish could undermine other species, eating the food supply that such large fish as striped and largemouth bass rely on.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakehead Found in Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25323-2004May13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25323-2004May13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A northern snakehead, the voracious Asian fish that can breathe air and wriggle across land, was caught on the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, according to state officials.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold  and Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakehead Found In Fairfax Canal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19304-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19304-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Professional angler Robert Hinds Jr. knew exactly what he'd hooked Friday as he fished Little Hunting Creek in Fairfax County.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence Grows That Wheaton Lake Is 'Snakehead-Free']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64387-2004May3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64387-2004May3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The search for a northern snakehead turned up about 3,000 fish in a Wheaton lake -- including an African tilapia -- but no signs of a mate for the predatory fish that an angler pulled from the pond a week ago.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Bad News Is Good News on Snakehead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57827-2004Apr30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57827-2004Apr30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Multiple agencies continued the time-consuming drain of the small body of water in Wheaton Regional Park that they are trying to save from an evil intruder.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing for Trouble in Wheaton]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54556-2004Apr29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54556-2004Apr29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/snakeheads</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland officials began the slow and messy process of draining a lake in Wheaton Regional Park, looking for northern snakehead fish where an angler hooked one Monday.]]></description><author> David A. 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