Catfish learning to hunt pigeons on land (VIDEO)

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In an unusual development that researchers are calling evidence of adaptive behavior, some catfish have taken to jumping on land to hunt live pigeons.

Discover Magazine's Ed Yong writes, "These particular catfish have taken to lunging out of the water, grabbing a pigeon, and then wriggling back into the water to swallow their prey. In the process, they temporarily strand themselves on land for a few seconds."

Researchers captured video of the European catfish, which reside in the River Tarn in southwestern France. In the footage, several of the fish, which range in length from 3 to nearly 5 feet, are seen thrusting their bodies from the shallow banks onto land where they capture pigeons and drag them back into the water.

Some dolphins and killer whales have exhibited similar behavior, though both are mammals and better equipped to survive on land for brief periods of time.

Still, Julien Cucherousset from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse has taken to describing the catfish as "freshwater killer whales."

The study results were published in the scientific journal Plos One. The study's abstract notes:

"Among a total of 45 beaching behaviors observed and filmed, 28% were successful in bird capture. … Since this extreme behavior has not been reported in the native range of the species, our results suggest that some individuals in introduced predator populations may adapt their behavior to forage on novel prey in new environments, leading to behavioral and trophic specialization to actively cross the water-land interface."

Watch the video of the catfish hunting the pigeons:



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[69 others]

i ain't see no catfish walking on land

 

[jadillac]

let that catfish eat all those birds and get big and fat. More fish for us humans.

Though I dont eat much catfish these days.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Dope.

 

[atlbound]

Some dolphins and killer whales have exhibited similar behavior, though both are mammals and better equipped to survive on land for brief periods of time.

its a wrap brehs

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

i would make a pigeon lure and catch the fukk outta them bytchs , fish fry at my house.

 

[1980sCokeFlow]

That's why I don't eat that shyt... Catfish is a foul fish to eat, it doesn't have scales and the meat doesn't flake like normal fish.

 

[Mowgli]

Just because its the first time the white man saw it, they're learning.

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

That's why I don't eat that shyt... Catfish is a foul fish to eat, it doesn't have scales and the meat doesn't flake like normal fish.

catfish is good what kinda fish do you consider good

 

[1980sCokeFlow]

catfish is good what kinda fish do you consider good

Hmmmm... Salmon and talapia...Pork and catfish are off of my list

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

Hmmmm... Salmon and talapia...Pork and catfish are off of my list

Talapia is about the same table fair as catfish both them bytchs farm raised in dirty ass ponds then sold to the market,

thats why i catch my own shyt

 

[Type Username Here]

Talapia is about the same table fair as catfish both them bytchs farm raised in dirty ass ponds then sold to the market,

thats why i catch my own shyt

True Florida Boy.

Catching Catfish with traps in the canals. They don't know about that.

 

[EQ.]

Pigeon: Ayoo son you hear about the fish mang *takes a puff the L* they jumping on land and sh!t putting birds in the cobra clutch breh. word is bond fam, i seen it , muhfukkas doing navy seal manouvres and sh!t got a nikka shook :shook:

Pigeon2:
Catfish:

 

[HoustonHeat]

Those catfish in that video are damn near my size

My dad was a guerilla fighter and his camp was set near a river. Every morning, when the catfish heard the soldiers walk on a small pier to take their morning dump on the river, they would start splashing and wriggling to eat them hot turds.

Never ate catfish again once he told me that.

 

[The Real]

Just because its the first time the white man saw it, they're learning.

Why do you always assume there couldn't have been Black or other minority researchers involved, or that specialize in the field in general? Curiosity and knowledge don't belong to the white man.