Corey Ketchum of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service holds a giant goldfish found during a survey in Presque Isle, Pennsylvania. The service then posted a warning about releasing petstore goldfish ...

Goldfish may look small and cute in your home, but in the wild it's a different story. Releasing them into your local stream or lake is a bad idea. Following is a transcript of the video.

Nicknamed "The Carrot," the goldfish was caught in the same French fishery it was released into 20 years ago Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.