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Goonch (Bagarius yarrelli)

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Goonch (Bagarius yarrelli)

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09-11-2017, 09:10 PM ( This post was last modified: 09-11-2017, 09:32 PM by epaiva )

Bagarius yarrelli, known as the giant devil catfish or goonch, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in South Asia.It is possibly also found in Southeast Asia. The Kali River goonch attacks were a series of fatal attacks on humans believed to be perpetrated by man-eating goonch catfish in three villages on the banks of the Kali River in India and Nepal, between 1998 and 2007. This is the subject of a TV documentary aired on 22 October 2008, as well as an episode about the Kali River goonch attacks on the Animal Planet series River Monsters.This fish reaches up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length, and weighs over 200 pounds.


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They are huge man eaters, locals say that sadly no man has captured the larger specimens they believe measure over 3 meters long.

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