• don't worry JK10976, ...his eyes are here.
  • ...not here.
  • oh yaa... then what is above one :-) - jk10976
  • is this nose :-)? - jk10976
  • I'll investigate and get back to you. :-) If there are any pirahna experts out there... please feel free to chime in. Do fish have noses?
  • Yep, it's a nose sure enough... well, it's called a nasal flap - www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=page_1
  • Look at me I m smiling !!!
    Pirahna hunt in band and only the night. So feel free to swim in river among pirhana in diurnal. - lionel.champy

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No fish were harmed in the making of these photos... I took my kids piranha fishing in the Amazon and our guide is just using the soft side of his pocket knife to show us the teeth of a beauty my daugher caught. We learned that they aren't dangerous to humans unless you're caught in a feeding frenzy and that mostly they prefer to eat seeds and such so that's why they need such sharp teeth.

Later on that afternoon, just to test that theory, we all went swimming in this same lake! :-)

I was inspired to post this after watching the Planet Earth program on Discovery on Sunday. They really sensationalized the behavior of these guys. I hate it when they do that. Anyway, for those of you who saw it... here's one up close from a lake just like the one on the show.

Raoul Pop, BamaWester, Stefan Elf, i b u, and 89 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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  1. robjam53 67 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called interesting and different, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  2. Paulo Bico 66 months ago | reply

    I love the teeth

  3. moonjazz 66 months ago | reply

    I think this is a great image!
    I have tagged the image "FlickrsBest" and
    you are invited to join and add it to:


    Well done.
    Please ensure that your image is 'Tagged' - FlickrsBest - Thanks

  4. Rinaldo W. 66 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ecuador Photoguide, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  5. andre govia. 61 months ago | reply

    WoW that thing has bad news all over it :(
    www.missionabandoned.com

  6. Jessica Hellman 55 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called People & Animals, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  7. Fritzzen 54 months ago | reply

    ohh nice pic xD
    poor fish.
    but you sat it wasn't hurt so.. (?)

  8. thehotchili2000 47 months ago | reply

    Boy does this one look pissed off. haha nice capture..

  9. rami.halim 45 months ago | reply

    awesome shot... thanks for the info :)

  10. jact2009 43 months ago | reply

    Ecuador aventuras y majestuosidad donde quieras Viva Ecuador Carajo

  11. dpk2313 41 months ago | reply

    Im an admin for the group 40oz and 50 bucks and we would love to have your photo added to our group

  12. dotnethed 37 months ago | reply

    Wonderful photo, and great description. And I agree about the sensationalizing of animals - we have villainized many species that really don't seem to deserve it!

  13. Clara Gassull 34 months ago | reply

    uaaaau! fantastic photooooo!

  14. cox-on-the-box **glad its Spring!** 32 months ago | reply

    He's got better teeth than me, really white!

  15. Jacanidae [deleted] 28 months ago | reply

    Congrats nice work!

  16. s'x 22 months ago | reply

    wow!Too terrible!

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