Yesterday, wired.com dubbed the Asian carp as an invasive species worth admiring. In total, nine species received the title including others in the Great Lakes region like, the wild boar, the European starling and the dandelion.

Reporter Brandon Keim thinks that admirable carp qualities include the fact that it grows to more than 100 pounds, eats several times its body weight daily and has an uncanny knack of slowing boaters down.

But Keim makes it clear that “worth admiring” does not equate “good for the environment.” He says that invasive species are living beings too and have some talents worth talking about.

“So for a few minutes, let’s put aside our usual feelings about invasive species, and just talk about some really cool animals,” he wrote.

What adjectives would you use to describe the famous carp?