Silurus glanis eating pigeons...

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Silurus glanis eating pigeons...

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...like freshwater killer whales!

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Thanks. Peculiar report.
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Very cool!

There's actually a paper reporting this phenomenon. See Cucherousset et al..

Perhaps this thread can be moved to the Taxonomy and Science forum?
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Wow! Having raised pigeons as a youth, I'm torn. That is one smart, fearless fish.
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unblinded wrote:Wow! Having raised pigeons as a youth, I'm torn. That is one smart, fearless fish.
yeah.... and rather clueless-looking birds.
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Here's the video.



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So it seems American alligators have crossbred with European catfish! :))
Or maybe they've just been sharing ambush techniques?
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That was neat .I have been trying to tie a fly to catch cat fish and now I have to tie a fly that flys life just ain't simple. :d
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Re: Silurus glanis eating pigeons...

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It seems that tigerfishes (Hydrocynus) can do one better and eat flying swallows.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 8/abstract
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