>>there are some wonderful fish species that can no longer be kept in the US because of this. Jude<< *Channa bleheri*. Much of it is media-fueled hysteria. There are some northern states that have banned piranhas because, you know, they could maybe take off a hand when you're pulling a walleye though the hole you chopped in the ice when you go out on the lake in February. :D Lest we lose some people, just remember that's it's not a far jump from that you banning your " all plants of the genera Pinellia and *Arisaema*." -Dave