Catfish which nearly killed man who tried to SWALLOW it in a drinking game goes on display in museum...
by Dave Burke For Mailonline, PUBLISHED: 04:51 EST, 7 January 2017 | UPDATED: 07:14 EST, 7 January 2017
Dave Burke wrote:A catfish which nearly killed a man who tried to swallow it has become the latest exhibit in a bizarre museum exhibition...
The latest addition is a catfish which tragically died when a drunken Dutchman tried to swallow it during a heavy drinking session.
The 28-year-old was part of a group which had already ingested several goldfish on a night out, but when this supply ran out, they turned to a more dangerous fish.
Unfortunately for him, catfish put their fins out when they are in danger, and it lodged in his throat, and he spent a week in intensive care.
Curator Kees Moeliker said, Dutch news site BNR reports: 'It is a dramatic story. It was an aquarium fish that was swallowed alive by a 28-year-old man from Vlaardingen.
'It was a tradition that had developed among these guys on birthdays.
'First they drink beer, then swallow a fish out of the aquarium. It went well with the goldfish, but when the armored catfish's turn came around, it went dramatically wrong.'
The seven centimetre fish could not be removed from the man's throat, despite efforts by his friends, and it perished in the drama.
'It was no joke,' Mr Moeliker said.
The man agreed for the catfish to go on display, on the condition of anonymity, saying he didn't want 'any trouble with animal rights activists'.