May 24, 2005
This was a pretty interesting story from The Sunday Wichita Eagle Newspaper a couple of weeks ago. A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around kind of strange in a nearby pond and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously tried to swallow a child's basketball which became stuck in its mouth!!The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The resident tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish.
He finishes up with this bit of wisdom:
I suppose you need pictures in order to believe this? OK... But just remember:Be kinder than necessary...
for every creature you meet (be they human or not)...
is fighting some kind of battle.
The pictures are in the extended entry.
Posted by: Ted at
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Posted by: shank at May 24, 2005 10:27 AM (+H1yK)
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Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at May 24, 2005 04:08 PM (LGs1/)
Rob, I could never eat catfish because I can't forget the fact that they grow up eating shit they find in the mud. Ick. On the other hand, I grew up fishing for catfish. Luckily, there was always someone handy who'd take 'em off my hands.
I did get very fast at skinning and cleaning 'em.
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