Monster Catfish Terrorizing German Swimmers!

Several German bathers at Berlin’s Schlachtensee lake have been bitten by what is believed to be a giant catfish!

After cooling off from the summer heat in a Berlin lake, Katharina Saxe now has a nearly 7″ bite to show for it. Local animal experts suspect a giant catfish lies behind the attack.

Saxe was taken to a hospital where she received treatment for the crescent-shaped bite on her calf. The RBB footage shows countless pinprick-like red marks on Saxe’s leg, rather than any deep puncture or laceration wounds.

And Katharina is not alone. Jonas Wegg, a teenager who lives near the lake, was recently swimming at night when he had an unpleasant underwater encounter, receiving a bite on his right calf.

Needless to say… swimmers are now avoiding the lake.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the species can reach a length of 15 feet and a weight of 660 pounds. The largest catfish recorded in Germany was caught in 2000 in Kiebingen, near Rottenburg. It was 7.84 feet long and weighed 196 pounds. This one here was caught in Thailand.

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Happy 75th, Granddad!

Granddad, an Australian lungfish, has lived at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for 75 years! That makes him the longest-living fish in any aquarium in the world.

Granddad made his journey, via steamship and train, from Sydney, Australia, to Chicago for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. At the time, scientists estimated that he was at least 5 years old and was fully mature. George Parsons, director of fishes at the Shedd Aquarium, says that would make Granddad 80 now — perhaps even 85.

The aquarium is planning a party for visitors to celebrate Granddad’s 75th anniversary later this year. Hopefully, he’ll hang in there ’til then…

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