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...like freshwater killer whales!

Thanks. Peculiar report.

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?

Wow! Having raised pigeons as a youth, I'm torn. That is one smart, fearless fish.

unblinded wrote:Wow! Having raised pigeons as a youth, I'm torn. That is one smart, fearless fish.

yeah.... and rather clueless-looking birds.

Here's the video.



Jools

So it seems American alligators have crossbred with European catfish!
Or maybe they've just been sharing ambush techniques?

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.

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

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