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Proteus
Wed Aug 18, 2004, 05:21 AM
A warning for fisherman around the world...


Piranha hooked in Dutch river
August 18, 2004

A DUTCH angler got a big surprise when he caught a carnivorous piranha, native to Brazil's mighty Amazon river, in a river in the north of the Netherlands.

The ANP news agency has reported that the fisherman, identified as P Scholte, did not know at first what he had caught.

"I thought because of the red belly that it was a red rock-bass," he told ANP.

He took a few pictures of his catch and released it back into the river.

Another angler later told Scholte the fish was a razor-tooth piranha. A quick internet search confirmed the red-bellied fish's identity

Piranhas can grow to 60 cm long and normally live in the rivers and lakes of South America.

Agence France-Presse

:shock:

Tryhard
Wed Aug 18, 2004, 08:49 AM
I beleive they are established in the canals around the rice paddies in japan.

flukes
Wed Aug 18, 2004, 03:27 PM
Thats what you get from idiots throwing species into the river.

tennhound
Wed Aug 18, 2004, 08:34 PM
Wasn't me I promise.

MARIE

flukes
Thu Aug 19, 2004, 02:01 AM
feeling guilty?? :twisted: :evil: