African Catfish Hunts On Land

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."

Comments

Re:Africa eh?

[ArsenneLupin]

...giant man-eating catfish.

You do know that one way to catch catfish is to use your index finger as tackle? (and often your entire hand and parts of fore-arm...)

Apparently there's a German catfish that hunts dog

[Anonymous Coward]

German catfish eats a dog: "I couldn't believe my eyes. I heard the old woman screaming, she kept saying, 'My dog, my dog,' and pointing wildly at the water."

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