article_snippet.sent: The first year students at Washington University were practising at Creve Coeur Lake in Missouri when the giant Asian Carp decided to strike.
article_snippet.sent: Asian carp are known for getting easily frightened by boats and leaping from water .
article_snippet.sent: Asian carp are known for getting easily frightened by boats and reacting by leaping from the water around the boat.
article_snippet.sent: Asian carp have the ability to grow to 100lbs in mass and to jump as high as 10ft in the air and numerous boaters have received injuries on account of collisions with the fish.
highlights_snippet.sent: Suddenly all hell breaks loose and hundreds of Asian carp leap at them .