Giant Catfish!

[k69atie]

Look at the size of this!!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050629/80/fmbku.html


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record -- a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear -- and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on Wednesday.


The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River, home to more species of massive fish than any river on Earth.


"We've now confirmed that this catfish is the current record holder, an astonishing find," Dr Zeb Hogan, a WWF Conservation Science Fellow, said in the joint statement.


Local environmentalists and government officials tried to negotiate the release of the fish so it could continue its spawning migration in the far north of Thailand but the adult male died and was eaten in a remote village, it said.


The Mekong giant catfish is southeast Asia's largest and rarest fish and the focus of a National Geographic Society project headed by Hogan to study freshwater fish greater than 6.5 feet (2 metres) or 220 pounds (100 kg).

 

[Duke]

Holy shit! What did they catch it with, an attack helicopter?

 

[THUG-7]

My god thats giant. realy strong equipment they used.

 

[k69atie]

Holy shit! What did they catch it with, an attack helicopter?

i am not sure!!! its huge!! do they use nets?

 

[ATCQ]

It's fucking huge

 

[riptupacshakur]

Damn, that motherfuckin fish is huge, wonder how they got it back to land

 

[k69atie]

^^^f##k knows!!

 

[Silleone]

yeah its big...................................but not as big as my dick.





but seriously, that shits huge, the seas amazing, i wonder what other shit is in there.

 

[not really ken]

^They know giant squids exist becasue tentacles have been found on dead whales, but one has never been physicaly documented.

 

[bigmack]

i caught the lockness monster but it got away

 

[mechman]

mmm...fish filets...I'll fire up the deep fryer :thumb:

 

[C.R.Y.]

that thing is huge. bigger than some sealions ive seen

 

[My_Dyin_Day04]

Fuck, its huge! How they get that on thier boat lol

 

[shattered dreams]

Holy shit! What did they catch it with, an attack helicopter?

that one made me laugh.


but that shits crazy

 

[Preach]

wtf

people are saying it's crazy.. an elephant is crazy, a blue whale is crazy, the dinosaurs were crazy. that fish ain't nuttin' yo

 

[LesanePCrooks96]

meh

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

i caught the lockness monster but it got away

Pity you didn't catch a book about it. "Loch Ness Monster".

And yeah, it's huge, but catfish doesn't taste good, right?

 

[Missy "C"]

lol, that fish is hug! If I'd liked fish I'd cook it in a bbq, but I'd be a little worried of accidently eating one of its bones :S

 

[2PAC4LIFE2006]

wtf that fish is giant what the hell did people feed it, steriods?

 

[2PacThug4Life]

Pity you didn't catch a book about it. "Loch Ness Monster".

And yeah, it's huge, but catfish doesn't taste good, right?

fried catfish does .