This shocking footage shows the moment a kitten is almost pulled into the water by a fish as it plays with another cat next to a pond, apparently containing Koi.
Early reports said that the video showed the huge fish — which some think is a pike rather than a Koi — actually snatch the kitten and drag it underwater, but others now suggest that when viewed in slow motion it's just possible to see that there are still two cats at the end of the footage, one of which is barely glimpsed as it makes off to the left of the screen, no doubt minus one of its nine lives!
The video was shot by two girls in Japan and has gone viral since it was posted last week.
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