River MonstersRiver Monsters Season 2x04 "Congo Killer"

[João Branquinho]

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River Monsters Season 2x04 "Congo Killer"

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Jeremy Wade travels to the Congo once again, the only river to ever defeat him. He had once travelled there, only to catch nothing. Now he's back, investigating reports of fishermen being dragged to their death by a malevolent river spirit. Wade suspects the Suni or Vundu catfish and the Kamba catfish, which are known to grow to large sizes. But he begins to wonder if there are any monstrous sized fish out there in these waters. While staying with local villagers, he faces their superstitious beliefs because they blame his arrival for the disappearance of the chief's brother. Even mosquitoes are deadly here. In the past, Jeremy nearly lost his life to malaria. After using traditional Congolese fishing methods, hearing of how one fisherman died, and finally facing a catfish, Jeremy begins to wonder if the real danger isn't the fish itself.

Featured animals

• Kamba catfish (Chrysichthys cranchii)
• Giraffe catfish (Auchenoglanis occidentalis)
• Vundu catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis)
• Obscure snakehead (Parachanna obscura)
• Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)
• Gambian malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae)

9 May 2010

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• Submitter
  João Branquinho
• Submitted
  16-07-2017
• Category
  River Monsters