Can Catfish Eat Humans?

A mutant fish has started killing people after being accustomed to feeding on human corpses. A goonch, a huge type of catfish, developed a taste for flesh in an Indian river where bodies are dumped after funerals.

Would a catfish eat a human?

No, despite what you may have heard, there aren't. This is a myth, along with age-old claims that giant anacondas or piranhas eat men. ... In October 2008 another large catfish was caught in the Great Kali river, between India and Nepal, and it was claimed to have started eating swimmers.

Do catfish kill humans?

Some in North America can inflict a sting that humans notice. Elsewhere in the world, a few catfish species can even kill humans. ... Catfish venom poisons a victim's nerves and breaks down red blood cells, producing such effects as severe pain, reduced blood flow, muscle spasms and respiratory distress.