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Graduate researcher Zach Crum holds a blue catfish capable of eating a wood duck whole. Photo courtesy of Zach Crum.

VIDEO: Blue Catfish Caught with Entire Wood Duck in Stomach

You may have heard of a “turducken” at Thanksgiving: a chicken stuffed into a duck, stuffed into a turkey. Well, you could call this a “fishducken”. A blue catfish was caught by researchers at Salisbury University, with the intent to analyze the contents of its stomach. What they found inside surprised them: the remains of an entire wood duck. Cheryl Costello explains, the discovery sheds light on just what these invasive fish are willing to eat. Watch below: