When it comes to the great white shark, I believe many friends will think of its ferocity, as the existence of the hegemonic level in the ocean, the great white shark can completely "walk sideways" in the ocean.
Although the great white shark is ferocious, there is another more ferocious freshwater fish living in freshwater, because it has "steel teeth" sharper than a razor, and its habit is cruel and cold-blooded, so it is also called "tiger fish", but
The African tiger fish, also known as the Goliath tiger fish, is mainly distributed in the Zambezi River in the Congo of Africa, which is second only to the Amazon River in terms of flow and has a maximum depth of 750 feet (230 meters).
There are more than 300 species of fish living in the Zambezi River, including relatively familiar fish such as tilapia and piranhas, as well as fierce animals such as crocodiles.
From the point of view of appearance, African tiger fish seem to be an enlarged version of piranha, but they have more ferocious habits than piranhas, belonging to the kind of character of "do not obey", and do not "coerce" like piranha life.
The juvenile African tiger fish is somewhat similar to the common freshwater white pomfret in China, but the African tiger fish has a larger mouth, their mouth can open more than 100 degrees at most, and the bite force is amazing, and the African tiger fish of the same size is stronger than the great white shark in the ocean.
The African tiger fish can reach 1.8 meters long and weigh about 120 catties when they reach adulthood, and their mouths grow 32 steel teeth up to 2.5 cm long, which are staggered up and down with each other, as hard and sharp as a razor, and can easily break through the defenses of their prey.
In addition, the African tiger fish can reach a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour underwater and strike with the accuracy of a speedboat, so as long as they target their prey, there is almost no chance of escape.
It is precisely because of these characteristics and advantages that the African tiger fish has become a real "freshwater overlord" and occupies a dominant position in the Zambezi River.
African tiger fish, like piranhas, have the habit of living in groups, and African tiger fish also have a higher IQ than catfish, although they have a violent temperament, but they are not reckless, they know how to hunt in teams.
At the same time, there is a special air sac in the body of the African tiger fish, they rely on it to feel the changes in the current to catch food and judge the danger, when dozens of African tiger fish and crocodiles encounter, they will adopt the front and back wheel tactics, attack the head and tail of the crocodile at the same time, and at the same time avoid the attack of the crocodile by sensing the changes in the water current.
At the same time, African tiger fish will also lurk in the pelagic or even upper areas of the water body, and when the time is ripe, they will jump out of the water to bite birds flying at low altitudes, which shows that their IQ is already very high.
However, since then, there is no news about someone catching African tiger fish in China from the Internet, which does not rule out the possibility that someone still catches it but does not post it on the Internet.
As for the African tiger fish that was caught ashore, everyone speculated at the time that it was released artificially, because this fish was circulating in some flower and bird markets in China.
It is worth mentioning that although the African tiger fish dominates in freshwater, its meat is so delicious and contains high nutritional value that they are caught by the locals.
Now that they have "invaded" the continent, although they are not currently "flooded", they may be much more destructive than any other alien species in the past, so we should not take it lightly.
Dear friends, as the top of the freshwater ecological chain, the African tiger fish can be easily killed even by crocodiles, but after encountering humans, they can only obediently admit defeat, what are your views and thoughts on this?
At the same time, the African tiger fish has also entered the continent through some ways and has appeared in the natural waters of the continent, will they "flood" and cause serious damage to the mainland's freshwater ecology?