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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2015, 05:47 AM Oct 2015

Lawd! This snake in NC went catfish noodling and caught a big one.

I tol' y'all Mother Nature wasn't playing.

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Lawd! This snake in NC went catfish noodling and caught a big one. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2015 OP

Freaking wow! malaise Oct 2015 #1

I've seen snakes catch fish like this. However, I'd be surprised if the ladjf Oct 2015 #2

Catfish have a stinging spike on their dorsal fin. When I was a young'un and fishing at summer camp, Erose999 Oct 2015 #3

Yes, their can inject some weak poison if your skin is punctured. The smaller cats seem to be ladjf Oct 2015 #4

malaise

(269,087 posts)

1. Freaking wow!

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 06:02 AM

Oct 2015

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ladjf

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2. I've seen snakes catch fish like this. However, I'd be surprised if the

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 02:23 PM

Oct 2015

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snake is able to swallow this particular fish.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)

3. Catfish have a stinging spike on their dorsal fin. When I was a young'un and fishing at summer camp,

Reply to ladjf (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 03:29 PM

Oct 2015

I grabbed a catfish by the belly and got stung. My hand swelled up to the size of a softball and it was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I had to leave camp early because of it.

ladjf

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4. Yes, their can inject some weak poison if your skin is punctured. The smaller cats seem to be

Reply to Erose999 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 08:00 PM

Oct 2015

more likely to "fin" you than the larger ones. The trick is to not allow your fingers to be behind the pectoral or dorsal fins.
Hold the fish head first with your thumb , index and middle fingers. (thumb on their stomach side) If the pectoral fins are tucked in, you and safely pick them up by holding the fins close to their sides.

Back to the snake. The fish in the photo appears to be too large for the snake to swallow. Their technique is to hold the fish out of water until it suffocates. Then that change ends , swallowing the head first.

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