You’re Not Seeing Things – There ARE Fish Walking In Tampa Streets
With all the crazy rain we’ve seen over the past week, an odd sight has a lot of Tampa area residents a little creeped out. Why are there fish on the sidewalk!? Are they really WALKING? What are they? Where did they come from?
First off, you’re not crazy. You’re not seeing things. Those are “walking catfish” according to Tampa reddit user “DontCallMeMillenial.” He says they were brought in to the area decades ago for fish farming. Thing is – they can breathe air and they’ve escaped. He says they can come from retention ponds, marshes and even sewers! Hillsborough County is a “hotspot” for them.
I think we’ve had enough rain here in Tampa. The fish are confusing the sidewalk with the bay. pic.twitter.com/jZUwzEE783
— John E. Mullinax, MD, FACS (@JohnEMullinaxMD) August 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/BethuneTheory/status/1147975286207799298?s=20
This afternoon’s downpours = walking catfish in St. Pete 🤷🏼♀️
— victoria price (@victoriapricetv) August 2, 2019
(🎥: Brian Hadd) @wfla @StormTeam8WFLA #flwx pic.twitter.com/z3ZknkwTyZ
