Electric Thief
The electric catfish, which lives in Nigerian waters, possesses powerful electric organs in its body which it uses in a strange way. When it is hungry it swjms around until it sees a bigger fish having a meal. It cruises casually by, as if seeking any spare bits from the big fellow’s feast, and as it does so it brushes its victim with its fins. A powerful shock is transmitted. Startled, the big fish takes flight and the catfish calmly helps itself to the meal.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 90, 23 May 1949, Page 5
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87Electric Thief Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 90, 23 May 1949, Page 5
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