View Full Version : Catfish Story w/ Pictures Attached.. A Monster+
TheZman
05-16-2006, 12:28 AM
Someone sent this to me today.. sorry if a repeat
A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around kind
of strange in a nearby pond and went to investigate.
It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously
tried to swallow a child's basketball which became stuck in its mouth!!
The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive,
but unable to because the ball would always bring him
back up to the surface. The resident tried numerous times to
get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his
wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish.
You probably wouldn't have believed this,
if you hadn't seen the following pictures...
fishyboi
05-16-2006, 12:31 AM
Never heard the story to it, but did see the pix
Snake_Eyes
05-16-2006, 12:32 AM
Haha cool pictures.
ewurm
05-16-2006, 12:35 AM
Seen that before, but a catfish should know that a child's basketball is not food. A child is food.
Snakebite
05-16-2006, 12:42 AM
Always knew catfish were not the smartest things. I had a redtail eat a tank heater talk about fun...
casperbgk
05-16-2006, 10:34 AM
hehe silly thing!
i had a tandanus catfish that would try to eat anything that moved, inluding my hands!! The bloody thing would have a tug of war with me every time i tried to gravel vac the tank...talk about attidtude!
joeytoe
05-16-2006, 10:41 AM
Ah the voracious appietite of a catfish, its a wonderful thing.
Peanut_Power
05-16-2006, 11:30 AM
Miss cats! Wanna get back into the big cats...maybe if i get a big enough of a tank again I will! :D
TheZman
05-16-2006, 2:03 PM
I just got a Red Tail. Are they that dumb ?
kody1192
05-16-2006, 2:29 PM
the first time i saw this i was like:WHOA: haha its a wierd story. just imagine if that was your head:ROFL: :ROFL:
skinless
05-16-2006, 3:18 PM
above the rim. hilarious
black_monster
05-16-2006, 4:29 PM
ahaha, thats freakin cool
Carl D
05-17-2006, 12:57 PM
Red tails are notorious for trying to eat/swallow equipment in the tank.
rocsorcs
05-20-2006, 1:05 AM
:ROFL:
That catfish is named Beavis, and he is a dumba$$.
rkc772
05-20-2006, 1:43 AM
cat want's to play ball!:ROFL:
stereo
05-20-2006, 1:43 AM
does catfish swallow humans? haha
since their mouth so big...i wonder if that is a baby swimming in the pond...would the catfish swallow him? :screwy: :naughty:
croc 2-3
05-20-2006, 6:19 PM
does catfish swallow humans? haha
since their mouth so big...i wonder if that is a baby swimming in the pond...would the catfish swallow him? :screwy: :naughty:
a 7 foot tigrinus could & probaly would swallow a short human with no problem catfish a neverending eating machines. I'd rather swim with most sharks then an adult tigrinus. Zangro aren't called man eaters for nothing.
ccloveraz
05-27-2006, 10:40 PM
a 7 foot tigrinus could & probaly would swallow a short human with no problem catfish a neverending eating machines. I'd rather swim with most sharks then an adult tigrinus. Zangro aren't called man eaters for nothing.
any pics of these fish?
ccloveraz
05-27-2006, 10:42 PM
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sandtiger
05-27-2006, 10:58 PM
I just got a Red Tail. Are they that dumb ?
No, I would say they are pretty smart...as are other large catfish. They just don't have a concept of plastic, basketballs, heaters etc. In their natural world, most things are eatable.
Dovii dude
05-30-2006, 10:45 AM
Damn that cat is HUGE!!!!:WHOA:
Riceman
06-03-2006, 2:36 PM
:thumbsup: Cool story! Thanks!
I think this one surfaces once a month.