Piranhas

deleted_fbuser_1312904722left a comment

Looks fake to me!

Douglas McHardyleft a comment

looks like it was eaten by Candiru Asu ."Candiru asu. This small catfish is a voracious parasite. It uses its circular mouth and sharp teeth to bite flesh and then enter organisms, leaving behind a wound that looks uncannily like a bullet hole. The Candiru asu proceeds to feed on the organs, literally eating its victim from inside." (left chest and armpit show these holes)

elizeuvixleft a comment

Eu nem imaginava tanta voracidade deste pequeno peixe. Cruel!

Tyson Robertsleft a comment

Having just read the readers comments I would like to add to my previous statement. I am currently investigating plucking of entire eyeballs of Prochilodus fishes evidently by piranha in the Peruvian Amazon. It would not surprise me to learn that piranha neatly remove human eyeballs as seemingly documented by the photos of the Petrobras worker. Tyson Roberts

Tyson Robertsleft a comment

having just read the readers comments, weho evidently had information about thjis incident unavaialbe to me, I would like to add to my previous comment. The occurrance in a reservoir in SE Brasil greatly loimits the kindfs of fishes involved. I have no reason to doubt the miost important or sole involvement of the piranha species Serrasalmus spilopleura, as mentioned by Haddad and Sazima. I am currently investigating plucking of entire eyeballs of Prochilodus evidently by piranha. It weould not surprise me to learn that piranha neatly remove human eyeballs as seemingly documented by the photos of the Petrobras worker. Tyson Roberts