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According to National Geographic, in the Po River, an Italian fisherman a huge river catfish was caught. The size of the fish is simply amazing: in it reaches a length of 2.67 meters and weighs as much as 127 kilograms. After the catfish has been measured, weighed and captured by the lens camera, happy fisherman Dino Dario Ferrari released the fish back to her native river.
The ichthyologist Zeb Hogan believes that a European was caught by a fisherman or ordinary catfish, which belongs to one of the largest Europe freshwater fish.
Hogan is convinced that judging by the size, a huge catfish is already crossed the threshold of his maturity. European catfish are known to reach a length of 4.6 meters, weigh from 136 to 300 kilograms and can live up to 80 years, becoming more and more as growing up.
This species is widespread in the reservoirs of Eastern Europe. In the 1970s years in Spain and Italy began to breed European catfish in a natural way. In the warm rivers and lakes of southern Europe, safe and rich in prey, this species of fish survived an unprecedented rise populations.
Large catfish are unpretentious in food, they eat small fish, rodents, and it happens that even a bird becomes their prey.
Common catfish – one of the few large today freshwater fish not endangered. true Now you will not be surprised by such catches, especially against the background of caught fish with human teeth or fish with two mouths.
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