Massive catfish found in lake

(c) Bernard DUPONT

A massive catfish has been found in the Greifensee in canton Zurich.

The fish was already dead – but it was way longer than 2 meters. It was found by paddleboarders who use their boards to measure it. 

The pointed out the boards are 1.95m – and fish was longer than that. 

Catfish were illegally introduced into the lake 30 years ago and have been thriving ever since. They’re a voracious predator and mainly eat fish – but sometimes small water birds. 

The lake is 6km long and one and a half wide. 

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