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Last August the Republicans invaded. This August, the invaders are even worse.

They are snakehead fish, the nightmarish creatures from Asia that made news when they were discovered living in a Maryland pond in 2002. They were said to be able to breathe air and walk on their fins, devouring everything in their path.

Seems they've begun colonizing a New York City lake, which is freaking us out. They're ugly, they're huge, and the idea of breathing, crawling, flesh-eating fish will be keeping us up at nights.

The good news, at least, is that the lake is in Queens, and we never go there anyway.

Voracious Snakehead Fish Discovered in Queens Lake [NYT]