[Cicero]

The deadly piranha found in the river Thames. Photo: PA

[Cicero]

ping

[martin_fierro]

Nip in the Air

For a moment, I thought we had another Janet Jackson thread.

[Cicero]

Crew on the boat, owned by Thames Water and used to pump oxygen into the water to keep fish alive, suspected it was a piranha - but were rather confused as to why they had encountered it.

Maybe this needs an enviromentalist ping.

[avg_freeper]

A seagull couldn’t of carried this piranha. Now, maybe an African Swallow...

[firebrand]

"Piranhas are generally nervous and not the ferocious killers people think they are.

Aw. Poor little cuties.

[Pontiac]

Red Bellied Piranhas (Pygocentrus nattereri) have short, powerful jaws lined with razor-sharp teeth capable of devouring 16cm of flesh with each bite. They hunt in shoals capable of stripping and eating even large prey in a matter of seconds.

This just does not make sense. How can a 10 cm (note the photo) long fish take a 16 cm bite?

[Servant of the 9]

Red Bellied Piranhas (Pygocentrus nattereri) have short, powerful jaws lined with razor-sharp teeth capable of devouring 16cm of flesh with each bite.

That should be 16 milimeters, not centimeters, about ¾ inch. 16cm is longer than the fish itself.

So9

[petertare]

ZERO OR BETTY?

[tlrugit]

Fish travel in schools, not shoals.

[sfRummygirl]

I swear to God, there was a cheesy horror movie about flying piranhas made in the early eighties, I think called "Don't Look Up"?

[Fiddlstix]

OMG! The sky is falling!