Giant catfish over 2m long due to Chernobyl radiation?

The fishermen raced to fishing after the image of a giant catfish up to 2 meters long was posted on a personal blog.

The news from Dailystar, the Russian media, cited the information of a fisherman's blog with a picture of the 'water monster' that locals call Borka .

Picture 1 of Giant catfish over 2m long due to Chernobyl radiation?
Catfish is over 2m long.

Accordingly, people have caught this catfish longer than 2m in Pripyat river. Prypiat is a city in Ukraine. The area was closed after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. The Pripyat River is more than 473 miles long and flows through the disaster area. Access to the area around Chernobyl was limited due to the risk of radioactivity and all fishing activities for food had to be stopped.

It has been suggested that such a large size fish is caused by radioactive contamination leading to a mutation. But fisherman Kondrat Yudin, 38, said: 'I think radioactivity is also a factor but probably only increases the size of the eyeball, its head. I think the cause is much simpler. No one fishes in this area and there are no natural enemies so the fish can grow to such a large size. '

Local scientists have confirmed the increase in the size of this catfish and are conducting tests to conclude whether radioactive material is the reason why they are so massive. is not.