Hungry heron catches and eats massive catfish

Goliath Heron catches massive catfish and swallows it whole, after a couple of attempts. This was filmed at dusk on a Canon PowerShot SX60 HS with no tripod and fully zoomed, while hiding amongst some reeds. After he walked off with the fish, I emerged from the reeds and walked slowly around the lake to the other side to capture the swallow. The entire event was almost 20 minutes from catch until swallow. The Goliath Heron (Ardea Goliath) is the world’s largest heron, nearly double the size of the Purple