{"id":3369,"date":"2016-05-02T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/02\/carp-the-herpes-fish-is-trending-in-australia-for-so-many-reasons\/"},"modified":"2016-05-02T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:58:00","slug":"carp-the-herpes-fish-is-trending-in-australia-for-so-many-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/02\/carp-the-herpes-fish-is-trending-in-australia-for-so-many-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Carp, the herpes fish, is trending in Australia for so many reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been a big day in Australia: Carp, carp and some more carp.<\/p>\n

Yea, no one here really knows what is going on either. Let’s break it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Australian government announced<\/a> a A$15 million project to release the herpes virus into a river to kill off a huge amount of a type of fish that is considered a massive pest. This fish is carp. It looks like this:<\/p>\n

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\"Carp.\"<\/p>

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Hi, I am carp.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>

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Image: Getty Images\/StockFood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

They are going to kill thousands of tonnes of European carp in the Murray-Darling River. Some people are warning<\/a> that this is going to end in a big pile of dead, smelly fish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other people, such as the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, are just getting used to saying the word. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Politics<\/a>, Viral<\/a>, Australia<\/a>, and Watercooler<\/a>
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