River Monsters

[Not of Rust]

Anyone watch this?

I've gotten hooked over the last 2-3 months and it's now my Sunday night ritual. I used to be an avid fisherman, but fuck if my knowledge wasn't restricted purely to fresh water game fish in the US. Obviously I knew there was a broad variety of nasties in some of the more predetor-laden bodies like the Amazon and Mekong, but nothing like this MF'er:

 

[Ohri-Jin]

what kind of fish is it? yo I used to be hobby fisher too, but nowadays I keep getting a grudge against fishermen...

They OVERfish.
They almost exterminated the CatFish becuz of its eggs for caviar..for money....

I hate humans for what they do to the animals... I only have respect for fishermen that put the fish back when caught.

 

[Exoskeleton]

The fuck? That is the creepiest this I've ever seen. Is that real? Gross....It sends me shivers just thinking that fish that ugly would be swimming next to me if I ever fell off a boat.

 

[Not of Rust]

It's a Goliath Tigerfish that's found primarily in the Congo and Zambezi river systems in Africa (this one was caught in the Congo basin I believe). There are several species of Tigerfish but this one is the bad ass.

Apparently these things have no qualms about taking a chunk out of a crocodile.

 

[Ohri-Jin]

WOW but Ive heard alligators are more aggressive and voracious then crocodiles, so would this tigerfish have any chance against a alligator?

But the mere thought of a tigerfish invading a crocodile's space ,yet even bite a chunk out of a crocodile is impressive indeed.