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In India, the Ganges River is a symbol of faith and is also regarded as the source of life, flowing through the plains of northern India, carrying the souls and beliefs of countless people. They firmly believe that the Ganges has the divine power of "universal beings" to sublimate the souls of the deceased to heaven. Therefore, the remains of the deceased are often dropped into it and become part of this sacred river.
However, one day here, people were surprised to find that the corpses dropped the day before had disappeared without a trace the next day. This sudden vision attracted the attention of many local people. At first, Hindu believers thought it was a miracle and thought God was blessing them. However, an investigation by scientist Dulwich reveals the truth about the disappearance of the body.
It turned out that in this mother river of India, giant catfish appeared, which became active at nightfall, frantically tearing at the corpse, leaving only the broken remains. Dulwich himself went into the water and successfully captured an 18-meter-long man-eating catfish weighing 146 pounds, which was close to an adult's size. Through dissection, Dulwich found that this catfish has an extremely sensitive sense of smell, can smell the smell of carrion from miles away, and has a fatal attraction to corpses. And their huge mouth bite force can directly bite off human bones.
These man-eating catfish have become apex predators in the Ganges, oppressing other fish species, threatening the extinction of many rare native species. During the day, they hide in the crevices of the rocks of the riverbed, waiting for night to fall in search of food. After DNA testing, Dulwich confirmed that the catfish was native to Africa and named it "man-eating catfish". This catfish thrives rapidly in the highly polluted environment of the Ganges, is large and aggressive, and can lay more than 2,000 eggs at a time, and the adult body can reach 2 meters and 100 pounds. They pose a great threat to humans, with incidents of man-eating catfish attacking drowning people recorded.
However, it is puzzling that catfish is only a relatively common freshwater fish, so why did it cause the disaster of the Ganges? The reason lies in the heavy pollution of the Ganges. The Ganges River basin is home to nearly 300 million people, and a large amount of domestic and industrial wastewater is discharged into the river without treatment, causing serious deterioration in water quality. During the Hindu festival, the BOD of organic pollutants exceeded the normal level, forming thick layers of sewage foam, plastic waste and plant residue floating on the surface of the river.
These pollutants not only cause serious damage to the ecological environment of the river, but also threaten human health. Industrial enterprises on both sides of the Ganges directly discharge wastewater containing toxic substances, and heavy metal wastewater from smelters poses a threat to human health through the accumulation of biological chains. Domestic sewage in towns is also discharged directly into the Ganges, containing a large amount of nutrients, resulting in eutrophication of the water, and also contains fecal pollutants, which increase the presence of pathogenic bacteria.
All this has led to the proliferation of man-eating catfish, which have found an ideal living environment and adapted to polluted river basins. And due to long-term feeding on human corpses, their feeding has mutated, changing from omnivorous to carnivorous, and even attacking living people. Hindus do not consider the Ganges to be polluted, they believe that the river has the ability to purify itself.
To control man-eating catfish, we must start at the root, that is, the Ganges. However, the Indian government has stepped up its efforts over the past few decades, but it still struggles to tackle pollution. Although a number of governance plans have been proposed, the actual results have not been significant for various reasons.
Perhaps it is not the Ganges that is polluted, but the hearts of the people there, what they call "religious beliefs." India's governance dilemma highlights the importance of environmental awareness and a reminder to cherish the natural environment and protect our common home.
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