August 29, 2004

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  Catfish eats dog

  
  

  From correspondents in Berlin

  
  

  29aug04
  
  A GIANT catfish is suspected of having eaten a dog in a German lake near the Polish border.
  
  The estimated 1.5m catfish has been making waves in the small lake near Gueldendorf for several years, according to the Berliner Kurier newspaper.

  
  

  Catfish are scavengers that feed on plants and animals on the beds of lakes and rivers. They can, on rare occasions, grow up to 4.5m and weigh as much as 300kg.
  

  But the giant fish has developed other tastes and is emptying the lake of all the other fish. Now a small dachshund is believed to have been pulled underwater and eaten.
  

  
   

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