Thursday, June 30, 2005
Moby Dick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record — a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear — and eaten it, the WWF and the
National Geographic Society said on Wednesday.
The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River, home to more species of massive fish than any river on Earth.
“We’ve now confirmed that this catfish is the current record holder, an astonishing find,” Dr Zeb Hogan, a WWF Conservation Science Fellow, said in the joint statement.
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