Mammal-off

[Betta132]

Fish that can eat other fish are only a little bit impressive, we expect that from them. Fish that can eat mammals, on the other hand, are quite impressive. So- what can everyone's biggest fish eat? Cats? Small dogs? Deer?
Critter has to be found alive and killed for it to count, a bunch of minnows nibbling on a dead elephant don't count. Piranha able to tear something large apart will count, though, since that's quite impressive of them.
My biggest is rather unimpressive compared to everything else, he's a young warmouth who could handle a juvenile mouse, maybe an adult at best if he was really determined and it was a smallish one. He'll grow to about mouse-eating size, and a big warmouth can maybe handle a small duckling if very determined to do so.

 

[Drstrangelove]

Not very impressed by seeing one animal kill another. It happens of course all over the world every day, but that's nature and evolution.

Certainly some animals are more adept at it than others which is interesting the first few times one sees it. But one can only see a pack of wolves take down a deer, an eagle snatch a rabbit, a python swallow a pig, or a catfish swallow anything, before it loses a sense of wonderment for me.

The idea of watching a cat or dog being killed isn't something I ever care to see.

 

[Wailua Boy]

I not into the live feeding thing, especially the mammals. If there was a strict nutritional need, maybe.

 

[krichardson]

I have had a few fish devour mice;years ago when I was new to thr hobby a house mouse fell into the tank that housed my common wolf fish and that did not end well for the mouse.A few years later I fed mice to my horn sharks as a treat and more recently to my armatus as a birthday or,anniversary treat.I wouldn't do those things now though,for various reasons.

 

[Freshwater4Life]

Yea not into this. It's one Thing for nature to do what it does but putting a feeder fishor small mammal into a fish tank is not nature but a death sentence. Yes I did it when I was younger and shake my head at it now.

 

[tlindsey]

Once put a mouse in a aquarium with 2 adult RBP's prior to store closing, was younger got a thrill out of it. I wouldn't do that now.

 

[Mikegoeshard]

Im not young and part of the reason i get some PREDITOR Animals is to watch them destroy their prey. I had a snakehead about 8 years ago and he would catch the mice before they even hit the water and splash about 5 gallons of water all over the place completely ridiculous but great to watch. I have seen peacock bass aros oscars all eat mice.

 

[Freshwater4Life]

Cool story.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Not something I would enjoy watching but each to their own.

 

[hart24601]

Big southern largemouth bass snag mammals quite a bit. As do Muskie.

Big great whites probably take down the largest by weight.

Not something I enjoy watching in my tanks. Have a baby snapping turtle a live mouse once. It was vicious. Not for me.