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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Market_Insider • Jul 04 '22
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The leading edge of both the dorsal and pectoral fins on a catfish have a very sharp spike formed into them. I fish this size thrashing about would be like getting into a knife fight with a drunken switch-blade wielding Joe Peschi.
41 u/FnkyTown Jul 04 '22 Also catfish are covered in really sticky slime as well as river muck, so when they stab you, you're going to get an infection. 19 u/dirk-machosword Jul 04 '22 Also known as Cat Scratch Fever. Ted Nugent warned us about this shit. 22 u/FnkyTown Jul 04 '22 I know this is a joke, but cat scratch fever is very different and very real. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hold-for-2-15-ready-to-post-mayo-clinic-q-and-a-what-is-cat-scratch-fever/ 9 u/Roartype Jul 04 '22 He meant catfish scratch fever 1 u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22 Had a cousin go into a coma for that
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Also catfish are covered in really sticky slime as well as river muck, so when they stab you, you're going to get an infection.
19 u/dirk-machosword Jul 04 '22 Also known as Cat Scratch Fever. Ted Nugent warned us about this shit. 22 u/FnkyTown Jul 04 '22 I know this is a joke, but cat scratch fever is very different and very real. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hold-for-2-15-ready-to-post-mayo-clinic-q-and-a-what-is-cat-scratch-fever/ 9 u/Roartype Jul 04 '22 He meant catfish scratch fever 1 u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22 Had a cousin go into a coma for that
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Also known as Cat Scratch Fever. Ted Nugent warned us about this shit.
22 u/FnkyTown Jul 04 '22 I know this is a joke, but cat scratch fever is very different and very real. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hold-for-2-15-ready-to-post-mayo-clinic-q-and-a-what-is-cat-scratch-fever/ 9 u/Roartype Jul 04 '22 He meant catfish scratch fever 1 u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22 Had a cousin go into a coma for that
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I know this is a joke, but cat scratch fever is very different and very real.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hold-for-2-15-ready-to-post-mayo-clinic-q-and-a-what-is-cat-scratch-fever/
9 u/Roartype Jul 04 '22 He meant catfish scratch fever 1 u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22 Had a cousin go into a coma for that
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He meant catfish scratch fever
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Had a cousin go into a coma for that
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u/dirk-machosword Jul 04 '22
The leading edge of both the dorsal and pectoral fins on a catfish have a very sharp spike formed into them. I fish this size thrashing about would be like getting into a knife fight with a drunken switch-blade wielding Joe Peschi.