A catfish has approximately 100,000 taste buds

A catfish has approximately 100,000 taste buds -- on the outside of its body. Humans only have around 10,000 and they are all on our tongues. According to Holly Flax they have these taste buds because they taste good. I refuse to accept that as an answer as I don't like fish (unless its paper thin and deeply fried, and there must be tartar sauce) or cats (no exceptions, sorry LJ).

Throw it back!

Not only are they great at taste testing, but catfish can grow to enormous sizes. The largest catfish ever caught was the giant Mekong catfish, caught in Thailand on May 1, 2005.

I will never go swimming in Thailand. Not with Loch Ness in the water.

For more information on catfishies, click here.


This post was inspired by a Keanu Reeves movie that involved the ocean, subsequently leading me to fish facts.