No skillet big enough.(FISH TALES)(giant catfish caught in Thailand)(Brief Article)

From: New York Times Upfront | Date: October 10, 2005 | Copyright information

Announcing itself with four huge whacks of its tail, it thrashed against the net that had trapped it in the pale brown water of the Mekong River. It may have been the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded--a rare giant catfish 9 feet long and weighing 646 pounds. It took five boatmen an hour to pull it in and 10 men to lift it when they reached the shore of Hat Khrai, a village in northern Thailand. When this monster catfish was caught in May, Zeb S. Hogan, an American biologist, rushed to Hat Khrai to take a look. It was his first specimen in a project to study the world's ...

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