1/20/2013 Giant Cattfish on The Rhine
1/5/2015 Editor's Note: Despite increasing fishing pressure the population of non native giant catfish on the Rhine does not appear to be diminishing. Some of their feeding habits are quite aggressive. They have been photographed stalking and taking pigeons at the water's edge in places.
SMALLER COUSINS OF NAMAZU (SOME UP TO TEN FEET IN LENGTH) ARE PROLIFERATING ON THE RHINE.)
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Giant Catfish are increasing on Germany's Rhine River. Some of these giants are up to 10 feet in length. Normally reclusive and preferring deep warm holes in the river bottom, they appear to be increasing in number and at least seasonally ranging over a larger habitat. Fisheries experts speculate that this giant species loves warmer water and that the Rhine is warming up especially due to cooling water discharges from power stations dumping vast amounts of steaming water that is carrying heat away from the electrical generating system. Coupled with that the Rhine has been invaded by by a small alien baitfish that the giant catfish appear to be able to catch and eat. So the giant catfish are experiencing an extension of range based on rising river water temperatures at the same time they have received a new protein source. So far fisheries experts don't see the increas in Giant catfish populations as threatening to the aquatic environmental balance in terms of endangering any native game or commercial species. German sport fishermen seem please with the development and quite willing to catch and eat the giants.
We asked our own aquatic environmental analyst, the world famous giant catfish, former Japanese demigod, and Now AAB regular staff analyst, Namazu for his thoughts on the increase in giant catfish on the Rhine.
Below his famous picture is his comment:
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| "EAT MORE CHICKEN" |
Below is a link to a video report on the German giant catfish population explosion
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