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Fisherman Catches Fish With Wings, Then Finds Out What It Really Is
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Jun 27, 2025
Fisherman Catches Fish With Wings, Then Finds Out What It Really Is. Travis Cole had fished the muddy rivers of Mato Grosso his whole life. He’d seen plenty of odd catches over the years—crooked catfish, half-blind piranhas, even a freshwater eel that bit through his glove once. 🔔 Hit the bell next to Subscribe so you never miss a video! ❤️ Like, Comment and Subscribe if you are new to the channel! Join Our Family For More Exclusive Content and Perks : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaD4JxNYk29LHbHTOx3SQA/join 🔗 More Amazing Stories from Our Channel: ✅ Man Walks 20 Miles To Work Until One Day Cop Follows Him And Sees Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHlFcQ0OF8g ✅In 1997, She Got Septuplets — See What They Look Like 21 Years Later! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dQpSkmEv_Y #did_you_know
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fisherman catches fish with wings then
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finds out what it really is but before
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we start smash the like button and make
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miss any new stories travis Cole had
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fished the muddy rivers of Mogroso his
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whole life he'd seen plenty of odd
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catches over the years crooked catfish
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halfblind piranhas even a freshwater eel
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that bit through his glove once but this
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one was different the moment the line
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pulled it felt like he'd hooked
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something ancient heavy erratic but
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smooth he braced his boots on the edge
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of the boat fighting the line with both
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hands the sun had just risen and mist
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curled off the green water like steam
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from a kettle his old aluminum skiff
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creaked as he shifted weight then it
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surfaced a flash of orange and ivory
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with wings actual wings he froze staring
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not flippers not fins wings then veined
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like the folds of a paper fan they
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shimmerred as the fish twisted in the
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air suspended at the end of his line its
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mouth wide and rounded like a sucker
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gaped open the creature looked
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prehistoric travis reeled fast bringing
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it toward the boat before it escaped
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into legend lifting it aboard he gasped
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the fish clung to the bait like it
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didn't want to let go its underbelly was
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soft smooth almost rubbery fins spread
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like glider wings small bristles ran
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along its cheeks and spine waving
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slightly in the breeze travis had never
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seen anything like it it looked less
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like a fish more like a river spirit he
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took a picture and sent it to Jake an
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old friend who now worked in
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environmental sciences in Manau travis
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typed one line tell me what I just
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caught he placed the creature in his
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cooler filled it with water and waited
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it just floated there not struggling
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just breathing as if it were waiting too
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jake called 15 minutes later voice
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scratchy from poor reception "travis
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where exactly are you right now?" Travis
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gave him coordinates "you didn't toss it
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back," Jake asked "no," Travis replied
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"it's in the cooler still alive." There
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was a pause then Jake said "You may have
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found a variant of Terry GoPthus it's an
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armored catfish but this is different."
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"Different how?" Travis asked jake
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explained that this type of catfish was
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invasive in many parts of South America
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but never seen with that kind of fin
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extension "we've seen enlarged
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pectorals," he said "but nothing this
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dramatic." "Bring it in we need to look
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at it closer," Travis agreed he wasn't
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letting this go unexplored back at the
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dock a few locals crowded around his
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boat an old man pointed and murmured
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"Pich demonio demon fish." Another said
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"Piche morsego batfish." Travis just
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shook his head "she's just strange," he
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said "not evil." He gently transferred
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the fish into a portable tank made sure
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it could breathe and set off toward the
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lab up river jake was waiting with a
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team white coats and gloves already on
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they gawkked at the fish as Travis
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pulled the lid from the tank "whoa,"
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someone said under their breath the
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creature had latched to the glass wall
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"sucker mouth working rhythmically the
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wings now still spread faintly like
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draped fabric underwater "we need
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samples," Jake said over the next few
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hours they examined everything: fins
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mouth bristles skin texture and behavior
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"its DNA came back as mostly Terry
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Goplick face but with strange anomalies
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in fin development genes." "These fins
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aren't ornamental," Jake said "they're
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muscular they're used for propulsion and
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liftike underwater gliding it's adapted
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to murkier water low oxygen fast escape
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that night Travis sat alone in the lab
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beside the tank the fish had moved to
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the corner nearest his chair and stayed
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there unmoving just pulsing gently with
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breath travis didn't speak he didn't
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need to something about the fish's
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stillness mirrored his own both of them
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drifting in a world not quite built for
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them the next morning Jake brought
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results it's a mutation may be
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accelerated by agricultural runoff or
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temperature swings but this isn't just a
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one-off deformity this is directional
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evolution controlled travis looked at
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him you saying it's the next step jake
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shrugged i'm saying nature's
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experimenting faster than we are the
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fish blinked slowly unaware it was part
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of a discovery jake made calls
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universities conservationists even a
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journalist travis wasn't thrilled i
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don't want it becoming a freak show he
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said jake agreed to delay any
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announcements we'll catalog it observe
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for three more days then release if all
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is well travis nodded but deep down he
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already knew the fish didn't belong in a
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tank no matter how unique the third day
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came travis returned early before
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sunrise the lab was quiet he checked the
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tank the fish hovered midwater wings
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pulsing like a heartbeat it glided
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toward him slowly as he leaned in he
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touched the glass with two fingers the
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fish pressed back gently he smiled "time
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to go home friend," he whispered jake
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met him at the docks with a plastic
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transport box and oxygenated water the
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release site was the same bend in the
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river where Travis had caught it they
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lowered the box into the water travis
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tilted it slowly careful not to shock
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the fish it hesitated for a moment then
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slipped free wings flaring once more it
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didn't dive it hovered for a few seconds
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it simply hung in the water body
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suspended wings outstretched like it was
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showing them one last time then it
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turned rolled once and vanished into the
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merc the ripples spread slowly then
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disappeared the river returned to
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stillness travis exhaled eyes fixed on
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the water jake clapped him on the back
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"you caught something special Travis."
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Travis nodded "i didn't catch it it
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found me." They packed up in silence the
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sun was higher now casting a bright
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sheen over the surface birds chirped
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lazily in the trees life in all its
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weirdness moved on flowing forward like
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the river itself 2 months later Travis
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returned to the same spot he wasn't
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expecting anything just wanted to sit
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with the water he cast his line a few
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times reeled it in slow nothing bit that
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was fine as he packed up something
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brushed the underside of the boat he
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froze looked over the side saw nothing
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but Vina flash copper pale wide finned
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just beneath the surface for less than a
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second it tilted turned and was gone
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travis didn't chase it didn't speak just
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smiled slow and sure as he wiped his
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hands on his shirt and sat back down
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some catches he thought you don't need
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to keep to