Humans being eaten by mutant fish.
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The sun is the sort of news paper which mocks those who die and lies about serious matters, gets people into trouble for things that they haven't done, just google sun hillsborough disaster
how is it mutant? its just a big Goonch. And i et it is crocodiles like they said. and stop dumping dead bodies in the river, tough for fisherman 
I dont think this story is too far from reality. Weve all seen that many fish we keep can be trained to eat dead foods while in the wild they may never bother. Here we have a very predatory catfish that feeds on dead and live material... anything it can find really. So if corpses are dumped in a river, I garantee that this catfish would love to snack on it. I think it is quite plausible that these fish soon discovered that the things they were feeding on were also found alive sometimes... and probably taste even better... and besides... look at those teethe! if you dont believe a big ass cat equipt with those couldnt take you down... then u just plain crazy!
like it says 
Five to cover 'man-eating' catfish
Pictures kindly supplied by Five.
Five, the British terrestrial TV station, is to cover a legendary 'man-eating catfish' from India in its Nature Shock series.
The episode, called 'Flesh Eating River Monster' is investigating the deaths of three teenagers on a five mile stretch of northern India's Kali river, which have been attributed to a large predatory catfish.
Five told Practical Fishkeeping: "Eyewitnesses have only the briefest glimpse of a dark shape pulling the teenagers under, but this is enough to lead them to believe that the killer is a monster, shaped like a huge elongated pig able to swallow its victims whole.
"The Kali is a sacred Hindu river where cremations are conducted on the river bank. One theory is that the partially burned body parts discarded into the river may have fed this unidentified creature, giving it a taste for human flesh, and allowing it to grow to its massive size."
The programme features biologist Jeremy Wade, who uses "all his cunning and experience - as well as high tech sonar and a mini submarine" to search for the giant catfish, which can reach over 2m/6'6" in length.
Five said: "In the end it's man against beast, as Jeremy literally puts his own life on the line as he wades into the deadly waters of the Kali River and tries to pull one of these monsters onto dry land."
The Goonch, which is a species of catfish from the Bagarius genus, is a member of the Sisoridae family and lives in deep holes in fast-flowing rivers in south east Asia.
Juveniles of Bagarius bagarius and Bagarius yarelli are sometimes offered for sale in the aquarium trade.
********and the new cats***************
New hillstream catfish described from Aceh
Glyptothorax plectilis by Heok Hee Ng.
Scientists from Singapore and Indonesia have described a new species of hillstream catfish from the Alas River drainage in Aceh province in northern Sumatra.
The description of the new sisorid species, named Glyptothorax plectilis by Heok Hee Ng and Renny Hadiaty, is published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Glyptothorax plectilis is distinguished from congeners in the pattern of skin folds on the thoracic adhesive apparatus, the shape of the apparatus, and proportional measurements of the head and body.
The species ...has been collected from streams with flowing, clear water and a substrate of sand, gravel and large rocks and eats mainly aquatic insect larvae.
For more information, see the paper: Ng, HH and RK Hadiaty (2008) Glyptothorax plectilis, a new species of hillstream catfish from northern Sumatra (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157, pp. 137147.
******and 1 more new cat***********
New torrent catfish discovered
Liobagrus aequilabris. Picture kindly supplied by Jeremy Wright.
A new species of torrent catfish has been described from southern China in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
In the issue of the journal devoted to catfishes, Jeremy Wright and Heok Hee Ng name Liobagrus aequilabris from the Xiangjiang, a tributary of the Changjiang (Yangtze River).
The new species is distinguished from congeners by pectoral-spine morphology, jaw length, number of vertebrae and proportional measurements of the fin spines and caudal fin.
Liobagrus aequilabris is named after the equally long upper and lower jaws (from the Latin aequalis, meaning equal, and labrum, meaning lip).
For more information, se the paper: Wright, JJ and HH Ng (2008) A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from southern China. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157, pp. 3743
************there all from china aswell the new cats are **********
Five to cover 'man-eating' catfish
Pictures kindly supplied by Five.
Five, the British terrestrial TV station, is to cover a legendary 'man-eating catfish' from India in its Nature Shock series.
The episode, called 'Flesh Eating River Monster' is investigating the deaths of three teenagers on a five mile stretch of northern India's Kali river, which have been attributed to a large predatory catfish.
Five told Practical Fishkeeping: "Eyewitnesses have only the briefest glimpse of a dark shape pulling the teenagers under, but this is enough to lead them to believe that the killer is a monster, shaped like a huge elongated pig able to swallow its victims whole.
"The Kali is a sacred Hindu river where cremations are conducted on the river bank. One theory is that the partially burned body parts discarded into the river may have fed this unidentified creature, giving it a taste for human flesh, and allowing it to grow to its massive size."
The programme features biologist Jeremy Wade, who uses "all his cunning and experience - as well as high tech sonar and a mini submarine" to search for the giant catfish, which can reach over 2m/6'6" in length.
Five said: "In the end it's man against beast, as Jeremy literally puts his own life on the line as he wades into the deadly waters of the Kali River and tries to pull one of these monsters onto dry land."
The Goonch, which is a species of catfish from the Bagarius genus, is a member of the Sisoridae family and lives in deep holes in fast-flowing rivers in south east Asia.
Juveniles of Bagarius bagarius and Bagarius yarelli are sometimes offered for sale in the aquarium trade.
********and the new cats
***************New hillstream catfish described from Aceh
Glyptothorax plectilis by Heok Hee Ng.
Scientists from Singapore and Indonesia have described a new species of hillstream catfish from the Alas River drainage in Aceh province in northern Sumatra.
The description of the new sisorid species, named Glyptothorax plectilis by Heok Hee Ng and Renny Hadiaty, is published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Glyptothorax plectilis is distinguished from congeners in the pattern of skin folds on the thoracic adhesive apparatus, the shape of the apparatus, and proportional measurements of the head and body.
The species ...has been collected from streams with flowing, clear water and a substrate of sand, gravel and large rocks and eats mainly aquatic insect larvae.
For more information, see the paper: Ng, HH and RK Hadiaty (2008) Glyptothorax plectilis, a new species of hillstream catfish from northern Sumatra (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157, pp. 137147.
******and 1 more new cat
***********New torrent catfish discovered
Liobagrus aequilabris. Picture kindly supplied by Jeremy Wright.
A new species of torrent catfish has been described from southern China in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
In the issue of the journal devoted to catfishes, Jeremy Wright and Heok Hee Ng name Liobagrus aequilabris from the Xiangjiang, a tributary of the Changjiang (Yangtze River).
The new species is distinguished from congeners by pectoral-spine morphology, jaw length, number of vertebrae and proportional measurements of the fin spines and caudal fin.
Liobagrus aequilabris is named after the equally long upper and lower jaws (from the Latin aequalis, meaning equal, and labrum, meaning lip).
For more information, se the paper: Wright, JJ and HH Ng (2008) A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from southern China. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157, pp. 3743
************there all from china aswell the new cats are **********
Welcome to last week. There was like 3 threads on the Goonch. But those new cats are a cool find. Thanks for that article
when is it on ?
