Pet piranha bites off toddler's fingertip

Fox News Chicago ^ | June 22, 2012 | Fox News Chicago

[Cailleach]

How did the dad know which fish to gut to find the finger?

[Joe 6-pack]

"I thought piranhas were verboten to import or keep."

AFAIK, it's set by state. They're illegal in all the gulf coast states, but I believe you can still get them up north...

[KarlInOhio]

It sounds like a house from Gary Larson's nightmares. I guess they kept the alligators locked in the bathroom so they couldn't be to blame.

[Joe 6-pack]

Piranha Laws by State

[DogByte6RER]

Hmmmmmm ... I would have picked out the fish with the full belly.

[cripplecreek]

They’re legal to buy here in Michigan. They will survive a Michigan winter in the wild but they need warm water to breed. Every so often one will be caught by a fisherman.

[Buckeye McFrog]

so....this woman is raising a toddler in a home filled with piranhas and pit bulls?

On the bright side, at least we know the kid is now sleeping in a crib that has been certified safe by the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

[Buckeye McFrog]

They’re legal to buy here in Michigan.

but ferrets aren't....'splain that to me....

[BitWielder1]

What does one name a pet piranha?

Minijaws, Toothfairy, Nibbler, Sampler, Dontpetme, Yourebait. Crunchtime, Garbagedisposal, Langolier...

You did ask.

[ex91B10]

[Vinnie]

Thanks. Thought it was a federal law.

[Erasmus]

Found only after putting out a dragnet.

[TheGunny]

I had 3 Piranha growing up, one lived to be 10 or so...his name was Flash:o)

[Donnafrflorida]

every time a family friends child was near my pit bull named havoc he would yelp. i finally realized what this three yr old was doing. he was grabbing then squeezing his balls. havoc never even growled at kid. just cried. amazing!

[Secret Agent Man]

If you could grab that kids’ balls once he wouldn’t do that again. Sometimes experiential learning works best.

[I Drive Too Fast]

I’m sure that they have a snake. It would be the rattler that the kid plays with.

[eclecticEel]

One of my Oscar’s went through a phase were’d he bite me every time I’d clean his tank. It didn’t hurt, he couldn’t get his mouth around my arm flesh and wasn’t clever enough to go for the fingers. He’s grown out of it by now.

[Slings and Arrows]

Would it be in bad taste to make a joke about finger food?

[Road Glide]

“Pit bulls and prianhas as “family pets?”
I just don’t get it, I guess.”

These are “ghetto status animals”.

Not much more need be said.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Michelle.