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A five-foot long catfish nicknamed Hannibal the Cannibal which has been "wreaking havoc" in a country lake has been caught by the Environment Agency. * Officials from the agency said the 15lb beast was a Wels catfish Europe's largest freshwater fish, and a species which was "worse than Jaws" in the amount of damage it did to eco-systems. Hannibal regurgitated 57 fish when it was captured a normal British pike would be expected to bring up just five or six. Hannibal has a huge belly and three quarters of his length is tail, has now been re-homed at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton.

A five-foot long catfish nicknamed Hannibal the Cannibal which has been "wreaking havoc" in a country lake has been caught by the Environment Agency. * Officials from the agency said the 15lb beast was a Wels catfish Europe's largest freshwater fish, and a species which was "worse than Jaws" in the amount of damage it did to eco-systems. Hannibal regurgitated 57 fish when it was captured a normal British pike would be expected to bring up just five or six. Hannibal has a huge belly and three quarters of his length is tail, has now been re-homed at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton. Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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2D31FK5

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5 MB (216.8 KB Compressed download)

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1200 x 1444 px | 20.3 x 24.5 cm | 8 x 9.6 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

19 February 2001

Photographer:

Tim Ockenden

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