It’s no surprise to see something surprising in the natural world. There’s more variety out there than you could shake a stick insect at.
Today’s natural surprise is footage of catfish creeping up on pigeons shortly before striking and dining.
They half beach themselves on the shore, which is a risky maneuver; apparently they have a 20% kill rate, so it’s worth the punt. There are only a couple of catfish populations in the world where this sort of behaviour has been documented (lucky for pigeons); one of these populations resides in France and the other in Spain.
Some call them the freshwater killer whales. I call them greedy, there’s plenty to eat in the water. It’s just showing off.
This was shot on the River Tarn, south western France:
