Nature is cruel.

by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 01/15/2017 at 21:42

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A Northern Pike died eating a bass. That bass is estimated to be 14". That Pike has to be massive.

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"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
01/15/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 0

Sushi

"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
01/15/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 0

Wat am I witnessing?

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/15/2017 at 21:53, STARS: 3

Nature being cruel bitch.

"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
01/15/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 0

But, are they just frozen there?

"Deal Killer - Powered by Focus" (dealkiller-ii)
01/15/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 2

Looks like it. I’m guessing the pike basically choked on the bass, died and floated to the surface, and froze there. Sort of like the two moose (mooses?) that died while fighting, and froze in a small lake.

Now that is nature at her most fucked up, right there.

"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
01/15/2017 at 22:10, STARS: 0

Woah. 

"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
01/15/2017 at 22:19, STARS: 1

Pre-frozen to kill parasites.

"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/16/2017 at 01:30, STARS: 0

A couple times a summer, a 48" or bigger pike will wash up on the shore of the lake. Usually they got scavenged pretty badly before they were found, but one washed up on the beach and rescon grabbed it. Their best guess was it simply died of old age.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/16/2017 at 01:35, STARS: 0

I’ve hooked 40" Pike, it was huge. I can’t imagine how big 48" one be.

"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/16/2017 at 01:45, STARS: 0

Somewhere around 122 cm I’d expect.

"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
01/16/2017 at 03:42, STARS: 0

Pike shoulda read the old cartoon book, “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head And Other Drawings”

Actually kinda sad for both of them but esp. the bass. Bad enough to die as prey but then it serves no useful purpose...

From time to time down here we get Florida pics of escaped / released African boas or similar that die tryna eat adult deer or gators lol

"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/16/2017 at 04:39, STARS: 0

Thanks. Now I can imagine the length. Those damn legacy units mean nothing to me.