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suicide_sam Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 670 From: LBC
| Posted: 2003-07-25 11:43 am  Permalink
Here's a story about a catfish that ate a dog:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=2&u=/nm/odd_germany_catfish_dc
Here's one about a purple bear:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=3&u=/ap/purple_polar_bear
 
 
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Tiki_Bong Deleted
Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 0 | Posted: 2003-07-25 1:01 pm  Permalink
The giant catfish in Germany was actually a result of Hitler's obsession with creating a master race of catfish that would one day rule all the lakes in the World. It was reported that the first ones had blue eyes and blond hair.
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emspace Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 875 From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2003-07-26 4:29 pm  Permalink
The bear...is pissed. "Come here, guy with the camera, and I'll eat your head for you...think I look funny? How you gonna look without a HEAD?"
, em
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scigirl Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 22, 2003 Posts: 153 From: North Shore, MA
| Posted: 2003-07-26 6:48 pm  Permalink
As I originally hail from the land o' Dixie, I must state that any and all stories concerning catfish are true and to be believed with absolute certainty. They grow to Loch Ness Monster proportions, eat dogs and the occasional small child and make dang fine eatin' themselves! Yep, catfish are one of the Universe's greatest creations
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tikibars Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2026 From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2003-07-27 3:53 pm  Permalink
Here's a Tennessee catfish supermarket I discovered on the way home from Hukilau this year...
[ This Message was edited by: tikibars on 2003-07-27 16:07 ]
 
 
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Jungle Trader Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 04, 2003 Posts: 3755 From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2003-07-27 5:39 pm  Permalink
Looks like the humans were eaten by the catfish. Catfish SuperMarket. Where's "The Farside's" Gary Larson?
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Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3601 From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2003-07-27 10:25 pm  Permalink
There are U.S. Army Corp Of Engineers Divers that have gone down to work on the Thurmond Lake Dam and have reported catfish the size of a tall MAN bopping around down there. They feast on the Threadfin Shad that get chopped up in the turbines and literally will not stop growing at any time in their life span. Grass Carp are the same way.
 
 
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scigirl Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 22, 2003 Posts: 153 From: North Shore, MA
| Posted: 2003-07-30 4:16 pm  Permalink
That is the secret to the success of the catfish - they will eat anything that is smaller than a Volkswagon Beetle. Carp are the same, but vegetarian of taste. But, that is also the reason many folks don't like to eat wild-caught catfish in the South - it is likened to eating a garbage disposal! (same goes for opossum - the genteel avoid nature's opportunists).
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tikibars Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2026 From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2003-07-30 10:25 pm  Permalink
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On 2003-07-30 16:16, scigirl wrote:
But, that is also the reason many folks don't like to eat wild-caught catfish in the South - it is likened to eating a garbage disposal!
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Oh, now you tell me.
About two hours after finding that catfish stand, I guess I had catfish on the brain. So I pulled over at some sort of local "home cookin'" type of restaurant, hoping to sample some of the local flavors. I don't normally eat deep-fried foods at all (aside from the occasional pupu), but "when in rome", I thought... as I devoured three big slabs of deep fried Tennessee catfish, a big plate o' cheese grits, and my side order of hush puppies (only two of 'em!) for $8.
That was a month ago, but I think I'm gonna be sick right about now, sort of a time-delay nausea...
 
 
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Kava King Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 20, 2002 Posts: 217 From: Kensington-on-Avondale
| Posted: 2003-07-31 1:06 pm  Permalink
Reminds me of the one that goes:
Picky eater: "Oh, I'd never eat pork, you never know where a pig's been"
Man of Experience: "Do you like eggs?..."
 
 
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Tiki_Bong Deleted
Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 0 | Posted: 2003-07-31 4:46 pm  Permalink
If we shouldn't eat animals, why'd God make 'em out of meat?
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ikitnrev Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1323 From: D.C. / Virginia
| Posted: 2003-08-01 4:20 pm  Permalink
To see some pictures of those giant catfish, visit this site ....
http://www.snopes.com/photos/noodling.asp
That's a lot of catfish dinners there.
The most amazing part about these pictures, is how the catfish were caught - by 'noodling,' which means you go underwater, stick your hand into the fish's mouth, and wrestle them to the surface.
I don't plan on doing any noodling in my lifetime.
Here's another article describing noodling.
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/general/columns/sutton_keith/1336494.html
Vern
 
 
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tiki_kiliki Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046 From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
| Posted: 2003-08-01 6:25 pm  Permalink
Wow! Those catfish are huge! I can't believe that!
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scigirl Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 22, 2003 Posts: 153 From: North Shore, MA
| Posted: 2003-08-01 6:36 pm  Permalink
Sorry tikibars! But I'll go ahead and let you know that when a fisherman drowns, no one on the bayou will eat crab for at least a month. You get the picture!
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tikibars Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2026 From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2003-08-01 11:06 pm  Permalink
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On 2003-08-01 18:36, scigirl wrote:
Sorry tikibars! But I'll go ahead and let you know that when a fisherman drowns, no one on the bayou will eat crab for at least a month. You get the picture!
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Oh, man, THAT'S why all the rednecks and truck drivers with their semis parked outside were all eating the hummous platter!
 
 
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