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https://scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/1997700/massive-super-predator-head-alligator-secret-weapon
World/ United States & Canada

Is this massive super-predator with the head of an alligator the secret weapon against invasive Asian carp?

Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologist Nerissa McClelland holding alligator gar collected during a sampling survey at Powerton Lake in Powerton, Illinois. Photo: AP

It’s a prehistoric-looking river giant that can grow almost three metres long and has a mouth filled with teeth that would do a vampire proud.

It plied US waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from many states a half-century ago.