The Top Fishing
Chapter 584 - 255: African Tiger Fish_3

Chapter 584: Chapter 255: African Tiger Fish_3

In terms of size, the African Tiger Fish is strong and robust, with explosive power.

For wild animals, size is the most important criterion for measuring combat power, and it also determines the outcome. The African Tiger Fish can reach a length of 1.8 meters and an average weight of over 50 kilograms, making it a behemoth in freshwater rivers.

What is most terrifying is that the African Tiger Fish is not only huge in size, but also possesses terrifying explosive strength. With full force, it can easily kill fish of the same size in seconds. Such powerful strength allows them to face any opponent boldly and fight brutally.

Therefore, the African Tiger Fish can roam the Congo River without restraint; almost no animal dares provoke them. Even crocodiles have to retreat proactively to avoid conflict.

For African Tiger Fish, their most formidable weapon is their teeth.

As top predators in the food chain, the teeth of the African Tiger Fish are hard and sharp, reaching a length of 2.5 centimeters, with a total of 32 teeth that interlock with one another, appearing chilling to behold.

Moreover, their mouths can open more than 100 degrees, and their biting force is incredibly startling, stronger than that of Great White Sharks of the same size. This strength allows them to not only crush the bodies of their prey but even bite through steel fishing lines directly.

Most importantly, once the African Tiger Fish bites its prey, it will not let go until it has bitten the prey to death, which is why creatures in the Congo River avoid them as they would a tiger.

Although African Tiger Fish appear to be bulky, their speed is not slow at all, especially their tails which beat at a high frequency, providing ample power for swimming, allowing them to exceed speeds of 40 kilometers per hour.

Their attack speed is also very fast; their mouths can snap shut several times in one second, with a speed that is infuriatingly quick. Therefore, ordinary fish dare not venture into the habitat of the African Tiger Fish, fearing that they would not even have the chance to escape.

Such swift speed, combined with their massive bodies, gives the African Tiger Fish unparalleled impact force, comparable to a "speedboat." Once fish are struck by them, they are doomed to die or be injured.

In addition to their natural bodily advantages, African Tiger Fish also have a unique skill, their highly developed sense of perception, which allows them to easily pinpoint the location of prey.

Generally, carnivorous fish rely on their sense of smell to hunt, such as giant bone tongue fish, bull sharks, and Great White Sharks, but the African Tiger Fish is an exception. They have a special air bladder inside their bodies that can detect the fluctuation of water currents.

If there is a significant disturbance in the water ahead, the air bladder starts to vibrate, indicating the presence of prey. Then the African Tiger Fish will charge unhesitatingly towards the source of the vibration. This skill is unique to the African Tiger Fish and is their hunting "Divine Artifact."

It’s worth mentioning that the defensive power of the African Tiger Fish is also strong. Their scales are thick and hard, much like ancient armor, impenetrable to ordinary fish and unable to inflict fatal damage.

In fact, African Tiger Fish are not only adept at striking but also at lurking.

They are predators in the darkness. Because the Congo River is deep and dark, living in these murky depths has honed the African Tiger Fish’s ’true skill.’

They can rely on the turbid river water to lurk in the lower layers of the river and use their air bladder to sense movements around them. The moment prey approaches, they surge upwards at high speed, biting off the prey’s head or neck, and then feasting to their heart’s content.

Furthermore, the African Tiger Fish have a special hunting technique, which is leaping to prey. Their jumping power is strong, allowing them to leap several meters out of the water, and even waterbirds traveling at 60 kilometers per hour cannot escape their clutches.

The Congo River is home to many types of crocodiles, each with formidable combat power. If it came to a one-on-one fight, the African Tiger Fish would stand no chance against a crocodile, but a group of African Tiger Fish could likely feast on a crocodile.

Although the African Tiger Fish are not as large as crocodiles, they have an absolute advantage in speed and agility, and their biting force is strong. If there are enough of them, they can completely bite through a crocodile’s skin and gnaw at its flesh.

Additionally, crocodiles can only ambush to kill prey, but the air bladder of the African Tiger Fish can sense the position of crocodiles, thus avoiding their attacks and mastering both offense and defense. Therefore, on the whole, the African Tiger Fish are slightly superior.

Since African Tiger Fish mostly move in groups, they dominate the Congo River with their numerical advantage, leaving devastation wherever they go and striking terror in the hearts of countless animals.

This morning, the calf of the local villager, Old Yu, was most likely killed by the Tiger Fish in the water... And this one I’ve just fished up could well be one of the participants."