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Scary canned Russian catfish

On occasion, I enjoy such toothsome canned fish as Riga Sprats and various other types that I find in Russian markets in my neighborhood. I must admit that I've never seen canned catfish anywhere. Prior to seeing this photo, I would have been more than willing to try some. Now I might think twice.

I'd like to think that this disturbing image from Xigre is a hoax, but it's probably not. I'd be put off canned Russian fish for a good long while, if popped open a tin to find the fish biting back. This is actually the least stomach-churning of the images of this freakish canned fish on the site.

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Tags: catfish, Riga Sprats, RigaSprats, Russian food, RussianFood, teeth

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Pille

5-16-2007 @9:45AM Pille said... I'm sure if you'll stick to Riga sprats or spicy Tallinn sprats, you'll be fine - no catfish teeth to scare you, I promise!!
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Angela Pitt

5-16-2007 @10:28AM Angela Pitt said... That's enough to take a bite out of anyone's appetite!
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Stacey

5-16-2007 @10:16AM Stacey said... I would have to defend Riga Sprats as well. I'm a half Lat myself and eating those sprats brings me back to time I spend with my family in Latvia... Ditto on Tallin Sprats. But Russian Catfish... you shouldn't even be talking about the Baltic states and mention Russia, considering their history. (I guess that would depend on who's side you're on. My grandmother would spit on you for such a comparison.)
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Jessica

5-16-2007 @10:58AM Jessica said... This is a fake....
The can says "herring"
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Baron Matthews

5-16-2007 @11:58AM Baron Matthews said... Well, either that is some type of fake or a fish other than a catfish. At least a catfish as I am aware of as I have caught many different varieties (none in Russia though!) and none of them have teeth that would puncture your skin, much less to that extent.
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Dr. Electro

6-02-2007 @2:32PM Dr. Electro said... That set of teeth looks like a doctored up lower jaw from a housecat or ferret. No catfish in the world has teeth like those. Even the small sharks that occasionally get mistaken for catfish don't have that kind of teeth.

Real catfish teeth are very small and grow in multiple rows. If you run your finger over either jaw of a catfish you will feel the teeth. They feel like a very fine rasp. I was once bitten by a 53 pound catfish and all I could feel besides pressure on my arm were all those tiny teeth trying to pull me into that mouth. I was not hurt by the experience.
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seerak

5-16-2007 @6:56PM seerak said... In Soviet Russia, canned catfish eats YOU!
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Inga

7-05-2007 @9:22PM Inga said... What BS... for starters, the label on the can says "Herring". Photoshop is a lovely software, but please, get serious...
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