Giant objects are the common dream of every angler, but for domestic anglers, it is really difficult to catch big fish, and it may not be seen once a year, which is mainly related to the overall environment. There is no way, who told us that we have no resources! But foreign resources are also uneven, in other words, as a catfish family that often produces giants, it has diametrically opposed fates in India and Europe, the former is on the verge of extinction, the latter is flooded, and the contest between giants is so dramatic.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > some common sense about catfish</h1>
Catfish is also called catfish, and other names are: bearded silver carp, sticky fish, pond lice, raw fish. It is a species of fish belonging to the vertebrate subphylum, teleost fish, radial fin suborder, and catfish order. Catfish give people a scary first feeling, because they grow long, a bit like snakes, no scales around, and there is a lot of mucus on the surface of the body, which is more disgusting to look at.
Catfish have flattened and large heads and large mouths, usually swallowed when eating, and their mouth full of fine teeth is mainly used to prevent prey from escaping. The back is black and gray, and the belly is white and large, which is very capable of eating gluttony. The general body size is mainly based on small fish and shrimp, and frogs or shellfish are eaten when they are larger.
Catfish have smaller eyes and have basically lost the ability to see, which is why they usually hide during the day and only come out at night and on cloudy days to forage. Foraging is also an ambush, waiting for the small fish to approach when the mouth is open to swallow, and its whiskers are used to perceive prey and taste, completely replacing the eyes and helping the nose share the task.
They usually live in the middle and lower layers of rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps, etc., and mostly inhabit the bottom layer where aquatic grass is overgrown and the water flow is slow. After autumn, he spends the winter in deep water or sludge. Catfish are still relatively strong in survival, can survive in very dirty water, and grow quickly when food is plentiful and the temperature is suitable.
Except for extremely cold areas such as Antarctica, catfish are basically distributed in other parts of the world, and there are catfish in the sea. Although it is also a catfish, the individual size varies greatly between each species, and the smallest catfish is called parasitic catfish, and the adult fish is less than 1 cm, which is also the smallest vertebrate. The largest catfish are the giant catfish in India and the giant catfish in Europe, but the same giant, the situation is very different, one is endangered, the other is flooded.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > Indian giant bass is endangered</h1>
When it comes to India, the first thing that comes to mind is the Ganges, of course, there are many catfish in it, but it is not a species with the giant catfish, which is mainly distributed in the Lancang River in China and the lower reaches of the Mekong River, the Ganges River in India and other river basins. The Great Kali River, located on the border between India and Nepal, is the most famous.
Giant bass are famous on the one hand because of their huge size, and on the other hand because their reputation is too bad, because giant bass have become fond of cannibalism, many attacks on humans have been reported, and the history is still relatively long, it has been accused of a series of crimes against humans.
Dating back to 1988, a 17-year-old Nepalese boy was suddenly dragged into the water by a mysterious water monster while bathing in the Great Kali River and died. Three months later, another young boy was also attacked, but his father could only watch helplessly as he disappeared from the water. In 2007, an 18-year-old Nepalese boy also suffered an accident, and according to witnesses, the mysterious water monster resembled an "extended version of a pig."
In fact, the water monster in the mouth of the witness is the giant catfish, which belongs to a giant catfish, also known as the eagle tank, the tank duckbill, the eagle duckbill, and the papaya fish. They are large and peculiar in appearance, and are one of the largest tropical freshwater fish in the world, with a distinctive feature: the base of the whiskers is flattened, extending outward in a semi-arc, like two scythes extending from the edge of the lips.
Giant catfish eat human flesh is not innate, their habits are also cultivated by Indians, the original Hindus are numerous, and popular water burial, and these corpses sink into the river to become the food of giant fish. In the long run, mutations have developed, and it has become dependent on human flesh, and it is common to attack humans swimming and bathing in the water.
Because of the numerous crimes committed by the giant bass, their reputation has become worse and worse, and they have also attracted human hunting, and more and more giant bass have been discovered and killed. Famous biologist Jeremy. Wade once caught a giant bass, weighing 73 kilograms and nearly 1.83 meters long, and it was rumored that it could grow to 2.5 meters. Giant bass are now very rare, especially the larger giant bass, which are on the verge of extinction.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > the European catfish flooded</h1>
The European giant catfish, scientifically known as the six-whiskered catfish, is not much different from a normal catfish in appearance, the only difference is the enlarged version of the catfish, and the teeth in the mouth are as many as hundreds. The 6 whiskers on the head are the biggest weapon for hunting, they are like radar can detect any information in the water, so they are spread across the large lakes of Europe and the rivers where the water is not fast.
European giant catfish also belong to the bottom fish, usually quietly lurking near the riverbank, when the water surface is moving, they quickly float up to hunt, they will first stroke the pectoral fin, create a whirlpool to make the prey lose direction, and then open the giant mouth, like a vacuum cleaner to suck all the prey into the mouth, a bit like the pig eight precepts eat ginseng fruit.
But European catfish, like Indian catfish, have man-eating legends, dating back even to the 15th century. In 2008, giant catfish attacked swimmers in shallow waters in a lake in Berlin, and Russia caught some giant catfish and found human remains in their stomachs.
But many experts believe that catfish eat only human corpses, and these corpses have been drowned before being swallowed, but some people do not think so, because giant catfish have the habit of protecting eggs and nests, if someone swims around it, it will definitely be attacked, which also provides a strong basis for giant catfish to eat people.
In September 2014, two fishing enthusiasts caught two huge catfish in the Ebro River in Spain, which were measured to be 2.15 meters and 2.14 meters long.
On April 20, 2015, two Polish fishermen caught a giant catfish about 4 meters long and weighing more than 200 kilograms in the Oder River. After the belly of the fish was cut open, a corpse was found, as well as a german Nazi-era metal military badge. After research, the officer died 75 years ago during the German invasion of Poland, and the giant catfish can live up to 80 years.
Europeans are not accustomed to eating freshwater fish, and catfish have too much water and too much earthy smell, and the body will have heavy metal residues for a long life, so there is no habit of eating catfish.
But catfish are not picky eaters at all, grow fast, and are basically lawless in the river channel, so in Europe, where there are no natural enemies, giant catfish are flooded, coupled with the legend of cannibalism, which once caused the locals a lot of headaches.
The excellent environment makes the catfish in a semi-forgotten state, after years of evolution, some European giant catfish have also undergone genetic mutations, and even grow golden skin.