Tragic epilogue in Germany for a catfish who tried to eat a turtle. Within minutes they both died of suffocation
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himA group of German fishermen witnessed a very unusual event, with a tragic epilogue, which took place in Lake Kiessee in Göttingen, in Lower Saxony. It was certainly not the first time they had sighted a catfish, which populate lakes and rivers, but the one they encountered last week was writhing and from its mouth protruded the legs of a poor red-eared turtle, now at the end of it. life.
When the fishermen noticed the huge fish, 1,75 meters long and weighing over 30 kilos, it was still alive, but soon died too, suffocated by the prey it was trying to swallow.
Stolen photo report. (I once had an eared turtle of this species, which was as big as a 5 mark at the beginning...
Posted by Thomas Gärner on Friday, June 25, 2021
The sad scene was immortalized and then ended up on social media and on the pages of German newspapers.
The strangling catfish from Göttingen - Can one of those eat my dog too? https://t.co/A9F1tO7z8L
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In fact, catfish, also known as catfish, feeds on smaller fish, such as eels, but also worms, snails and some birds. This freshwater species can live up to 60 years. But why would this specimen have chosen a turtle as prey?
There has long been a shortage of food for fish in Kiessee - explains Thorsten Bierfreund, president of the Göttingen sport fishing club - And catfish are not picky about food.
Too bad it ended in the worst way for both the fish and the unfortunate turtle ...
Source: Facebook/Bild.de
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