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Published online 12 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060410-9
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The fish that hunts on land
Catfish show how the first tetrapods might have caught dinner.
Zoologists have found a remarkable fish that can wriggle from Africa's tropical swamps to snaffle a snack on land.
The eel catfish, Channallabes apus, catches unsuspecting victims by arching upwards and descending upon prey, trapping an insect against the ground before sucking it up.
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