one of the fishing lakes in Pér, near Győr, Hungary. However, the man reportedly managed to break free. Similar stories occur in the works of older natural history writers. Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), a German naturalist, published his famous work The World of Animals in the 19th century. It was also translated into Hungarian at the beginning of the 20th century. In this, Brehm or the compiling Hungarian scientists write the following: "Old Gesner’s (Conrad Gessner Swiss naturalist, 1516–1565) claim that catfish doesn’t spare humans either doesn’t just belong in the realm of tales, as we know of several cases that confirm that. Thus, Heckel and Kner mention that a catfish was caught at Bratislava, in the stomach of which the remains of a child corpse were found. [...] Fishermen credible to Antipa (probably Romanian zoologist Grigore Antipa, 1866–1949) told me that children bathing in the stomachs of catfish were caught in the bones of their hands and feet. - Communicates Vutskits (probably Hungarian zoologist :hu:Vutskits György, 1858–1929). - A Romanian fisherman penetrated the middle of the Danube with his boat because he wanted to take a bath. While bathing, a catfish caught his legs, which he could no longer pull out of the mouth of this big-mouthed monster, and so he got to the bottom of the water. A few days later, they came across the corpse of a dead fisherman whose legs were still in the catfish's mouth, but even the greedy robber could not release his victim's legs and drowned because of it". Related species Aristotle's catfish (Silurus aristotelis) from Greece, the only other native European catfish species beside Silurus glanis. Amur catfish (Silurus asotus), introduced to European rivers Giant Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis) from Japan endemic to Lake Biwa. Soldatov's catfish (Silurus soldatovi) from the Amur River, Russia References Further reading External links This article includes information translated out of the German and French Wikipedias. Silurus Catfish of Europe Fish described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Articles containing video clips