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

Africa eh?

[TubeSteak]

I predict that, as Africa industrializes, the level of pollution will increase & these catfish will mutate into giant man-eating catfish.

Also, there will be no worshiping of Catfish Over Lords. They cannot understand you. Prostrating yourself beneath them will merely make their task easier.

*Shock* *Disbelief*

[Yst]

Did Slashdot just report on a topic in evolutionary biology without using the phrase "missing link" to describe a theorised stage in development? Isn't there a rule against this or something?

direct link

[blhack]

Direct link to video:

Link

Cross dressing

[Tablizer]

Fish hunting on land and mammals turning into ocean swimmers? The world is going mad, I'll tell ya, mad!

Re:Let's see...

[nwbvt]

I would say going onto land to hunt insects (as opposed to merely hunting insects from the water or merely going on land) makes this interesting. No, its not a halt the presses type of news, but that doesn't keep it from being an interesting article.