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APL Top 25 of All Time: River Monsters, Killer Catfish
Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters, takes on the goonch: a giant, elusive catfish that dwells in the Great Kali River and may in fact be a man-eater.
Added: Dec 21, 2009
Views: 52433 Views
Runtime: 00:58
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