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The Woodman Commander of the Wild Empire Registered: December 2006 Location: On the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park. Posts: 4,589	The dessicated head of a Wels catfish showing the impressive dentition. Multiple ranks of inward pointing sharp teeth across the width of the jaws reduce the chance of prey escaping. This species has been introduced to fisheries in the UK.
	· Date: Wed December 21, 2011 · Views: 1136 · Filesize: 69.0kb, 524.3kb · Dimensions: 1600 x 969 ·
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PMG

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Registered: August 2006
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
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Fri December 23, 2011 3:37am

... a 60lb one hold of your leg would leave a mark wouldn't it?! Grief!!

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The Woodman

Commander of the Wild Empire

Registered: December 2006
Location: On the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park.
Posts: 4,589

Fri December 23, 2011 5:30am

Having never seen a Wels in the flesh, I found this dried head and was fascinated by the dentition. It wasn't a big fish, the gap between upper and lower jaw was big enough to push my forefinger into quite easily but withdrawing it was a different matter. I recall the video of the catfish swimming along the surface with a ball stuck in it's mouth. I can now see why the ball was stuck - it would have never come out.

The mouth of a 60lb fish would be quite formidable.

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