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Location: Madison, WI | http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090713/od_afp/switzerlandswimmerspoli...
GENEVA (AFP) – Police divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake.
The zander, which was 70 centimetres (two feet three inches) long and weighed eight kilos (17.5 pounds), was harpooned on Sunday after it bit six swimmers over the weekend, fish warden Fabio Croci told local media.
Two swimmers were treated in hospital for bite wounds up to 10 centimetres (four inches) long after being attacked on Lac Majeur, which borders Italy, he added.
Police divers at first tried to capture the carnivorous fish with a net, but when this failed they pursued the zander with a harpoon and managed to kill it.
The meat from the captured fish was served up to tourists at the lake.
"It is quite unusual for zanders to bite humans", Croci said, adding he suspected the fish was suffering from a hormonal imbalance which could be responsible for its aggression. |
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| The walleye are getting their revenge, everybody watch out! |
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| Is it me or do those number just not add up? 27" and 17.5 pounds?!? That's insane, if not impossible. |
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| It had to have been a female zander, I live with 3 women, I know a lot about hormonal imbalance causing aggression!!!!
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| From the pictures I have seen zander look like they get a little thicker than our walleye, kind of like the pike in Europe are thicker than the pike over here. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Harpooned? If it was biting swimmers it doesn't seem like it would have been too hard to catch. Try a crankbait (maybe a 2 pound bulldawg....flesh colored in this case)! That would have been more fun than a harpoon.
John, have you ever been bitten due to the hormonal imbalance? 
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| 70 cm is about 35 inches! |
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| Shep - 7/14/2009 1:17 PM
70 cm is about 35 inches!
Actually, 2.54 centimeters = 1 inch, so 70/2.54 = 27.56 inches. I want to see a 27.5" fish that weighs 17 pounds!
Just looked at the pic, look like it could be a 17 pound fish but it looks longer than 27.5". I think I'm hung up on what a comparable length walleye weighs. Good god, what has this site turned me into?!? Either way it's a big fish and that would be a cool scar!
Edited by whynot 7/14/2009 1:33 PM
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | Oneida Esox - 7/14/2009 10:44 AM
It had to have been a female zander, I live with 3 women, I know a lot about hormonal imbalance causing aggression!!!!
John
Try 4 women.8,14,15,and 31.Im not coming back once Im in Canadian territory. |
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| there is a pic of a 38+" zander on LUNGENS web site. check out the add at the top of the page. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | no it at the bottom of the page...bill |
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Location: Lincoln UK | Weights/lengths quoted don't add up, lunatic euros. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | How did they know it was the same fish? Did it have human flesh stuck between it's teeth? Did Unlce Josh get his ideas from Ed Gein?
Edited by Clark A 7/16/2009 10:14 AM
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| chico - 7/16/2009 5:30 AM
Weights/lengths quoted don't add up, lunatic euros.
Weight and length are correct...I'm from Canada and we use the metric system as well as imperial, I can confirm the calculations. (30cm = 1 foot ...and 1 kg = 2.2lbs) |
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Holy Zander Attack!!