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Carp, also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat's motor. >> it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. >> look at this. look, oh! >> the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there's a serious downside, too. >> this species is really an invasive species. it is not native to these waters. and it does compete with the native species for food sources. >>s vosh the voracious fish feed on the figtght phytoplankton, aggressively preying on sport fish making them an langler's nightmare. t...

Troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. >> left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! there's one! up on my shoulder! >> the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it's no picnic for the cameraman either. >> boom! >> hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known...

They were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! there's one! up on my shoulder! >> the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it's no picnic for the cameraman either. >> boom! >> hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat's motor. >> it gets startled by this sound and reacts by ...

>> boom! >> hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat's motor. >> it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. >> look at this. >> the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there's a serious downside too. >> this species really is invasive. it doesn't belong here. and it does comp...

Going up out into the boat. and smashes into the mast. >> reporter: this is before and the ever. paloma westerner and ralph locust lived to joke about it just outside of cape town, south africa. even it will cost about 5,000 bucks to fix the boat, the whale seemed fine afterwards, though he left blubber on deck. were you thinking "jaws?" >> no, not at all. i wasn't scared at all. >> reporter: all paloma and ralph need is a photo mast. it was shot by a nearby tourist in a boat. it had been watching the boat when it crashed the loft. it's one thing if a flying carp flies into your boat. >> oh, m...