Neat article by Nat Geo. 1,200+ species of catfish have been discovered to be armed with venom like the stonecat, and some, as they age and grow bigger lose this venom.
Chris M.
1,200 species of venomous catfish now known.
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Fleendar the Magnificent
, Mar 12 2019 07:57 PM
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Fleendar the Magnificent
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Posted 13 March 2019 - 04:13 PM
I really liked the article, and in all actuality, have always liked Nat Geo ever since I was a wee kid in the mid 70's.
Last October my daughter and I caught a stonecat madtom(in the tank now) and I grabbed it out of the seine while thinking, "this is the funniest looking bullfrog tadpole I've ever seen) since we had caught a tadpole 20 minutes earlier, and once in hand I realized what it was. Somehow, even with all of the manhandling that stonecat took, it never spined me. So I've yet to feel what it's venom is like, but I hear it's akin to being stung by a wasp. I KNOW what that feels like. Had a wasp nail me in the knuckle last year while spraying a nest.
Anyhow, I guess it's time to move the madtom to another tank. When I caught it, it was 3" long. Now it's almost 7" and just ate a 4" silver shiner whole. My darters aren't safe....
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