"Eric" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:26:18 -0600, NetMax wrote
(in article ):


To the uninitiated, the common red belly Pacu
http://www.elmersaquarium.com/image_...u_RED_pair.jpg
might pass as a red breasted Piranha.
http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/ndb.w...l/i000452.html
except for the teeth ;~)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....piranha.reut/

Piranha are illegal in Texas since local waters are warm enough that they
might survive if released. There was a recent scare a few years ago when a
local fisherman caught a pacu and reported it a s a piranha.

I don't see what all the fuss was about. The lake where he caught it is
chock
full of 'gators, how much worse could a few piranha be?

-E


The danger lies in the fact that its a species that was not meant to be
there, and could be the detriment of all the other fish and wildlife that
live in or near the body of water.

Sean