... Catfish finns hurt when they break the skin, but they can cause discomfort just by rubbing across the skin.
Big fish!”), a video of the occurrence, which was not shared, reportedly shows the man taking a big swig of beer before swallowing the fish, which was about two inches in length.But the creature apparently put up a fight, extending the spines and sharp barbs located on its dorsal, pectoral and adipose fins to prevent itself from sliding down his throat.
When attacked, the spines on its pectoral fins are also known to release a poison which is “generally harmless,” according to the report.The fish quickly became lodged there, which caused the man to gag.The man was “clearly in distress” the case report’s authors said, adding he then used “two fingers to induce [his] gag reflex.”One of the man’s friends reportedly tried to apply the Heimlich maneuver but was unsuccessful.The man continued to gag before spewing blood into a bucket.“After several hours of unsuccessful self-applied treatment with more beer, honey and ice cream, the patient finally presented himself to the emergency department,” the authors wrote.After arriving at the hospital, doctors used a surgical procedure to carefully remove the fish -- which was then dead -- and its spines from his throat.Luckily for the man, his “esophagus showed no signs of perforation,” the authors wrote, noting the fish's venom didn't appear to adversely affect the man.The man fully recovered a couple of weeks later, they said, and will probably think twice before ever swallowing a fish again.In fact, this case illustrates how “a reckless drinking game” and imitating the show “Jackass” “can turn into a dangerous and critical medical situation with serious consequences,” they wrote.As for the fish, its remains are on display at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.
Some catfish species have the sharp spikes to cut their opponents. while fishing at a pier, an old man caught a nice sized channel catfish and told me something his grandfather told him, that i had never heard before.
It wouldn't be half as bad as a stingray.
this is possibly where the sting idea comes from.
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It isn't too bad but after getting one you will be much more careful when you handle them.
To pick up a catfish, put your hand over its face from the front and curl your thumb and forefinger around behind the side spine so your thumb and forefinger meet under its belly.
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Here's how to unhook them properly.
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The inside of your hand between the thumb and forefinger will rest just ahead of the back spine. What causes the pain is the stuff in their slime coat. All rights reserved.
Most catfish aren't poisonous. However the scab on my thumb appears to be healing.
Normally not lethal, but man does it make a small cut hurt like bad.
Common "cures" are rubbing some of the slime off the skin of the fish on it, meat tenderizer, calamine lotion, uratic acid, benadryl, Anbesol, and with bad reactions - Epi Pins.
putting my thumb in the fishes lower jaw then slipping 2 finger under the pectoral fins.
It hurts like a mother.... it sounds gross but pee on it, the ammonia in pee neutralizes the toxin you get from a fin prick.
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When the fin puncture your skin they carry toxins from the skin's mucus into the wound and that is what hurts and becomes infected.
If you get pricked by one of the barbs on his back, you can rub the afflicted area on the catfish's belly and the pain will go away quite a bit. Carry pliers or something similar for the unhooking.