"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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In article ,
CanadianCray wrote:
Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.

There was an article in TFH in I think the 80s or 90s where Axelrod
too pictures of a school of Pirana as he swam alongside them. He
said this they're fine and unless it's the 2-3 week period when the
rains start up again after a dry seaosn then no problem.

But they'll strip the meat off your bones if you try this in that
period just after the rains start.

Just ask the natives there. Not surprisingly they have this all
figure oud.


Correct. During the dry season the fish are slowly starved as a lot of the
wildlife around them dies from lack of oxygen and from the elevated temps in
the small pools. The Piranha that do manage to survive do so by feeding off
the remains or living parts of their comrades and what little vegetation
they find in the pools. Some Piranha spend weeks floating in the fine line
of life and death with nothing to eat. When the rains come its a fest
because these guys are emancipated and very near to starvation. Isn't it
fortunate that it's at that time that Storks and Herons (I'm pretty sure
those are the birds) start hatching their chicks in the tree tops above the
swollen rivers? Many fall to the hungry Piranha. Isn't it scary how nature
weeds out the unworthy?



Sean