EVER HEARD OF FISH JUMPING OUT OF WATER TO FEED ON FLYING BIRDS?
Meet the African Tigerfish. Hydrocynus alestidae
These African fish are found in many rivers and lakes on the continent and are fierce predators with distinctive, proportionally large teeth.
The goliath tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) is among the most famous tigerfish. It can reportedly reach an adult weight of 50 kg (110 lb), and is found in the Congo River system and Lake Tanganyika. It is the largest member of the Alestidae family. Another famous species, simply called the tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus), is commonly found in the southernly Okavango Delta, and the Zambezi River, and also in the two biggest lakes along the Zambezi, Lake Kariba in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Cabora Bassa in Mozambique, and finally in the Jozini dam in South Africa.Researchers confirm and record the freshwater fish preying on birds in flight as the video link below shows an African tigerfish leaping into air to snag a barn swallow!
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