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Hungry Piranhas Targeting Brazil Tourists
CBS News ^
Posted on 11/24/2011 4:07:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have appeared along a river beach popular with tourists in western Brazil, attacking unwary swimmers. A spokesman for the municipal government of Caceres in Mato Grosso state says at least 15 people have been bitten in the past two weeks off Daveron beach.
Nobody has died, but some swimmers have lost toes, and spokesman Gonzaga Junior says others have lost chunks of their legs and ankles
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TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: brazil; piranhas
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To: nickcarraway
Anyone who gets in the water with Piranhas.....
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:09:22 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: nickcarraway
It usually doesn’t hurt to lose a couple of pounds.
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:11:58 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
To: nickcarraway
How can anyone deny a baby Piranha food on Thanksgiving?
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:12:47 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: nickcarraway
Send Chris Matthews to rejuvenate the tingle in his legs.
To: nickcarraway
How do the piranhas know who are the tourists?
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:17:34 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: Jonty30
Probably die much quicker without any fat shielding those vitals, LOL
To: nickcarraway
Lie down with piranhas, get up with... well you won’t get up!
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:37:10 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(Meh.)
To: nickcarraway
I hate it when I lose a chunk of my leg or ankle.
To: exDemMom
How do the piranhas know who are the tourists?Cameras around their necks, American Express travel checks in their pockets.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:41:19 PM PST
by
IrishPennant
(We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
To: exDemMom
“How do the piranhas know who are the tourists?”
They’re the fat ones in the floral shirts.
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:43:47 PM PST
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, but they're so cute...
To: atomic conspiracy
That and likely they are still pale from the northern extremes
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:48:14 PM PST
by
null and void
(This is day 1038 of America's vacation from reality.)
To: nickcarraway
attacking unwary swimmers Better get wary, real quick!
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:49:07 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
11/24/2011 4:52:15 PM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Zot! Cut! Slash! --That's the sound of the men workin' on the Cain gang)
To: NautiNurse
To: exDemMom
they're the only ones in the water???
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posted on
11/24/2011 5:01:43 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: NautiNurse
They're just getting even...
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posted on
11/24/2011 5:05:47 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: exDemMom
How do the piranhas know who are the tourists?
The tourists taste like chicken.
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