Catfish feeding video

[riverman444]

http/media.putfile.com/lunch-at-EMKs

What kind of fish is that?

 

[fishfishfish]

that is crazy

 

[KrayzieVanh]

Thats pretty cool. I'd like to have a fish like that!

 

[Alex_]

thats tight, the feeder fish is as big as he is.

-Alex

 

[SirMinion]

Holy cow!

That's a Asterophysus batrachus - common names are Gulper Driftwood catfish or Orge catfish.

I think CFC would give any body-part you'd care to name for one of these, I know I would!

(for anyone wondering what's happening, the....action starts at about one minute)

 

[Nix]

looking at the first bit of the film, looks like a gulper catfish.

EDit:: Grr. Minion wins.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

neat fish. those are some bigass feeders. hopefully, they died before they got swallowed

 

[Torrean]

I don't think they died until they were being digested. Sorry dorkhedeos. Anybody know better?

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I've seen that Gulper on another site I visit.

Its eaten a few 12"+ Pike Cichlids if I remember correctly aswell.

 

[James007]

Yikes

That is one mean fish.

Probably best kept away from community tanks!!!

 

[SirMinion]

I don't think they died until they were being digested. Sorry dorkhedeos. Anybody know better?

I would think that suffocation would be the cause of death for anything swallowed whole. Faster than digestion, but still not a very nice way to go.

Although this video is facinating there's really no excuse for using live goldfish in this way. Especially with a species that will apparently attempt to swallow anything new in the tank, including rocks!
Dead food would still be taken eagerly.

 

[allaboutthefish]

I know it's nature an all but it's a bit up setting for me to think that people want to watch this kind of thing, that fish is awsome but there are some fish that are good to keep in an aquarium and others that are just meant to be left in the wild.

 

[timmystood]

Bloody HELL!

 

[pieman]

If your gonna feed them live fish, leave them in the wild.

Wouldn't want to keep that with a brand new £240 pair of breeding Discus

 

[Ginge]

Man that is so harsh.