Piranhas attack tourists in famous Brazilian Pantanal river beach

Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:21 UTC

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Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied attack. Read full article

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Room101
Perhaps this requires an environmental survey of the region; it could be an exploratory mission by the piranha, but it could herald a change in the fish diversity and populations.
Nov 18th, 2011 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
and it may be a Spring breeding aggregation that subsequently disperses throughout the many hundreds of square miles of lakes and watercourses.

One nip on one toe.
Nov 18th, 2011 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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