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Cathy Outlet

...this genre of headlines was so prevalent it attracted its own meta-commentary:

1. What the hell is going on with catfish?

2. Giant Catfish swallows Dachshund in the Weser – did it really happen or is it Fake News?

There's even a song dedicated to "Killer-Catfish Kuno", a quasi-mythical dachshund-eating catfish responsible for a lot of headlines in the early 2000s:

youtube.com/watch?v=MprNN3Ajeqs

Screenshot of a German VICE article featuring a headline that can be translated to "What the hell is going on with catfish?", along with a picture of a wels catfish underwater.
Another screenshot featuring a headline stating "Giant Catfish swallows Dachshund in the Weser – did it really happen or is it Fake News?" (originally in German). The page features a photo of a wels with a hook in its mouth being pulled out of the water, and a photo of a dachshund puppy photoshopped into a red circle is superimposed onto it.
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