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African Catfish Hunts On Land

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-just-creepy dept.

Dave Knott writes "The journal Nature will be publishing a report on an African catfish that hunts its prey on land. The fish wriggles out of the swamps to catch land-based prey. From the article: 'The eel catfish, Channallabes apus, catches unsuspecting victims by arching upwards and descending upon prey, trapping an insect against the ground before sucking it up. The same trick may have been used by the very first vertebrates to venture onto land, the researchers speculate.' There is a video of the fish in action."

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  1. direct link by blhack · · Score: 5, Informative

    Direct link to video:

    Link

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    1. Re:direct link by G00F · · Score: 3, Informative

      if you post a link, you might want to make sure the url is correct.

      the correct link is here

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  2. Actually even worse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ok, apparently this fish has eaten a DOZEN dogs over the years: http://user.bahnhof.se/~wizard/GUSTeng03/artiklar_ moenchengladbach.html

    So this was not just a single-dachshund type of fish. No this cat had a taste for dogs.