Residents of the Pinellas Park subdivision, while sipping their morning coffee could glance out the window this morning and see around 30 catfish meandering by. Yes, the catfish were walking, strolling, parading, ambulating, moseying along like.....well, fish out of water.
A lawn care worker Diane Fernandez told Bay News 9 "I was like no way there's fish in the street, and I kept going further and further and seeing fish everywhere - in driveways. I've never seen anything like it.""We thought it was a prank at first," one resident said, "that maybe somebody dumped some fish, but then we realized that it was coming up from the sewer that we had so much rain last night."
The residents weren't seeing things.A scientist from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission told the TV station that "walking catfish" do indeed travel brief distances as long as they stay moist. They are sturdy creatures who live in storm drains, and when there's a lot of precipitation...well, out they come."
The fish would probably be easy pickin' for opportunistic fishermen, but there's something slightly creepy and intimidating about a fish that can walk right up to you. It would be like a cow gracefully swimming up to your boat, flipping and doing a backstroke out to sea.
Streetwalking catfish on morning stroll in Florida neighborhood
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