Pearl River fishing to catch scavengers is a normal thing for Guangdong fishing enthusiasts.
However, the fisherman in Guangzhou below, while fishing in the Pearl River, caught a golden-colored, strange-looking "mutant scavenger", which surprised him greatly...
And a scavenger who grew up like this? And the body size looks to be more than 50 centimeters, can the scavenger grow to this size?
In fact, this is a rare native fish, a giant fish, up to more than three hundred pounds...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >what is a giant bass? </h1>
The name Giant Bass, many people may never have heard of it, this is because this fierce predator in the past thirty years, is disappearing at an alarming rate, and now it has disappeared in many places...
(The contrast between the giant bass and the scavenger, the two are somewhat similar in appearance, but the mouth vessel and color stripes have huge firewood)
However, if you go back in time, in the 70s and 80s of the last century, the giant bass was still the "first hegemon" in the southwest waters of China, and there were a large number of giant bass in the lancang river, jinsha river and the upper reaches of the Pearl River.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > was once called "piranha eater"</h1>
In the folk, there are many common names for giant catfish: tank fish, noodle melon fish (because of its fleshy orange yellow like pumpkin), freshwater shark (indeed very much like a shark) and so on, and there are many legends about it.
Among them, the rumors about the giant bass will "eat people" are the most widely known.......
(The giant fish captured by villagers in the Lancang River, nearly 200 pounds)
Some people say that in the weather of wind and rain, the river is turbulent and the waves are turbulent, and these behemoths with a length of 2-3 meters and a weight of more than 200 kilograms will shuttle between the waves, and the fishermen who return from the rush can often see their black backs flashing on the surface of the water.
Once a fisherman or ferryman accidentally falls into the water, they will be dragged into the water by these giant fish lurking under the water, and they will never appear again.
Legend belongs to legend, but the giant bass is indeed very fierce and vicious, and it is also very "cunning", they will lurk in the mud and sand on the shore, debris, use body color to disguise as a still life, once there are big fish, aquatic people passing by, they will suddenly rise up, swallow it in one bite...
Even the scene of giant fish devouring live animals such as ducks and water birds on the surface of the water has been seen by many people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > haven't seen a giant in the Pearl River for many years</h1>
Unfortunately, although the giant bass is a well-deserved predator at the top of the food chain and has no natural enemies, its population is now very small.
In Guangdong, in the lower reaches of the Pearl River, it has not been seen for many years - where did this Guangzhou angler catch this "juvenile giant" caught in the Pearl River come from? Is it "native" in the Pearl River?
Giant bass fished in the Pearl River
The Pearl River basin is wide and long, and there are indeed very few records of the appearance of giant bass in the upper reaches of the river, so it is possible that this giant bass swims in from the upper reaches of the river.
In addition, it cannot be ruled out that someone has been released into the Pearl River - because of the strange "shape" of giant fish, it is also favored by many "unique taste" ornamental fish lovers, so there are not a few fish tanks that breed giant fish.
In any case, ChangJiangjun believes that the appearance of giant fish in the Pearl River is a very rare thing, but it is a pity that this fisherman did not release it on the spot...
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the mystery of the disappearance of the giant bass</h1>
Such a giant, without any natural enemies, is now rapidly decaying or even almost disappearing, and the reason behind it has to be said to be a mystery.
On the Internet, there are many speculations and discussions about the reason for the disappearance of the giant bass.
In fact, in the view of Yangtze River Jun, the root cause lies in the intensification of human activities and the excessive exploitation and utilization of river resources, resulting in the loss of necessary living space for these behemoths that originally needed a vast habitat.
However, it is gratifying that the ecological protection of rivers is now receiving more and more attention from the state.
I believe that with the awakening of the public's awareness of ecological protection, as long as we do more and better in ecological protection work, these magical river giants will re-emerge and flourish one day!