Fishzilla (also known as Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion) is a documentary produced for National Geographic Channel which documents the alarming expansion of a fierce predator that can live in water and on land.
It originally aired as an episode of NGC's Wild series of wildlife documentaries, in 2007. It is an hour in length.
Fishzilla aired for the first time in South Africa on DStv's Nat Geo Wild channel on Sunday 29 June 2008, at 21h00.
Repeats
Monday 30 June: 01h00, 03h00
Wednesday 2 July: 21h00
Thursday 3 July: 00h00, 03h00
Saturday 5 July: 13h00, 22h00
Sunday 6 July: 04h00
Synopsis
Dubbed Fish-vicious in the UK following recent alleged sightings in the Lincolnshire waterways, this fish has got teeth like a shark, a taste for blood, and it even walks on land.
An insatiable predator that obliterates the food chain, meet freshwater’s public enemy number one - the Snakehead.
It mysteriously showed up in Maryland in 2002 and was named Frankenfish. Stubborn, stealthy, and spreading fast, these foreign invaders are overpowering native life and causing scientists to sound the alarm.
It's a showdown of man vs fish as scientists and anglers work together in the fight to stop its destructive behaviour.
To some, it's the ultimate prize. To others, it's a deadly threat.