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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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.
Paulo Bico 66 months ago | reply
I love the teeth
moonjazz 66 months ago | reply
I think this is a great image!
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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.
Peter Sillitoe 65 months ago | reply
Nice knashers!
andre govia. 61 months ago | reply
WoW that thing has bad news all over it :(
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Danial Shah 57 months ago | reply
amazing
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!
Fritzzen 54 months ago | reply
ohh nice pic xD
poor fish.
but you sat it wasn't hurt so.. (?)
thehotchili2000 47 months ago | reply
Boy does this one look pissed off. haha nice capture..
rami.halim 45 months ago | reply
awesome shot... thanks for the info :)
jact2009 43 months ago | reply
Ecuador aventuras y majestuosidad donde quieras Viva Ecuador Carajo
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
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!
Clara Gassull 34 months ago | reply
uaaaau! fantastic photooooo!
bOnttoN 33 months ago | reply
sharp man www.oakoak.fi
cox-on-the-box **glad its Spring!** 32 months ago | reply
He's got better teeth than me, really white!
Jacanidae [deleted] 28 months ago | reply
Congrats nice work!
YvonneSherry 26 months ago | reply
Nice photo!
s'x 22 months ago | reply
wow！Too terrible！