Giant catfish suspected of having eaten a dog

News.Com.AU ^ | August 29, 2004 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Catfish eats dog

From correspondents in Berlin
August 29, 2004

A GIANT catfish is suspected of having eaten a dog in a German lake near the Polish border.

The estimated 1.5m catfish has been making waves in the small lake near Gueldendorf for several years, according to the Berliner Kurier newspaper.

Catfish are scavengers that feed on plants and animals on the beds of lakes and rivers. They can, on rare occasions, grow up to 4.5m and weigh as much as 300kg.

But the giant fish has developed other tastes and is emptying the lake of all the other fish. Now a small dachshund is believed to have been pulled underwater and eaten, the report said.

Attempts to net the catfish have failed.

The Sunday Telegraph

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