Saturday 8 December 2012

Do Not Mess With Fish 180,

and you thought fish were fun!


the pigeons on the banks of the Tarn River in south-west France do not as they are stalked by hungry catfish, the fish (Silurus glanis) have learnt that the pigeons make a welcome change to their fish diet and are surprisingly good at catching them, researchers have shown that 28% of attacks have resulted in the capture of a bird, researchers spent five months watching the catfish from a bridge over a small gravel island over a stretch of the Tarn passing through the city centre of Albi, an ancient town about 50 miles north-east of Toulouse, but it begs the question how did the fish learn how to catch birds?

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