9 Hideous Creatures That Deserve Your Unconditional Love
We can’t all be puppies—or even capybaras, for that matter. There’s a whole world of critters whose …
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“[It] scared me a little,” MacKinney wrote on his Instagram. “[I] went to take my lure [out] and almost dropped the fish…thought it was a turtle.”
It’s still unclear why a big, floppy fish felt the urge to snack on a hairy, subterranean tunneler. But largemouth bass are known to swallow their prey whole—and it doesn’t always end well for the bass or its victim. While bass typically eat smaller fish like perch and minnows, this one was clearly hankering for something more substantial. Who can blame him?
We may never know the full story behind this bizarre photo. But let it be a lesson to never make rash decisions while you’re hungry.
[National Geographic]