[hurpaDurpa]

So, honest question: Why are invasive species like the gigantic asian carp so reviled, when they seem to be quite successful animals, thriving in an otherwise unforgiving environment?

I get that invasive species can stress their environment until it collapses and ruins even their own capacity to thrive or even survive, but sometimes I get the sense that asian carp are denegrated because they annoy humans by jumping out and slamming into people on boats. Are asian carp really a threat to their surroundings, or simply inconvenient from a human perspective?

[aaronblohowiak]

They are an ecological destroyer and they don’t taste good

[selectodude]

They taste fine. No better or worse than tilapia. It's just that it's impossible to get all the bones out because a lot of them aren't connected to anything and are just floating in the meat.

[hurpaDurpa]

Arguably, the part about tasting bad is purely a human concern, but ecological destruction is a possibly real problem, if left unchecked.

[steve_adams_86]

Why does half the world think they taste good and the other half thinks they don't? They must be fine... Right?

[jlebrech]

bad taste is a evolutionary trait that has kept them in the gene pool