this fish makes piranhas look like pussies
 

http://www.bravedigger.net/goliath.jpg

lol, i guess swimming in river congo is NO GOOD IDEA :1orglaugh

He got into a tub filled with Piranha on one of the shows and that really changed my view of them.

But I still wouldn't get in myself.

break out the lemon juice and butter

Great White of the Congo.

that is one big fish

damn has nice sharp teeth

pfft i say.

ever heard of this little monster?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ndiru_Pic1.jpg

attracted to ammonia.. don't piss in the amazon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

I saw the documentary on when he caught that one - took him WEEKS to catch it. Amazing fish, really scary, and truly the great piranha.

After it was caught he wanted to put it back into the river again but it did not make it - which was great for the village who then had a feast :-)

:2 cents:

Have you ever saw Dr Fish ?

You voluntarily put your hands or feet into a tank full of them and they immediately come over and start nibbling away all your dry skin.

A few businesses have opened in the UK if anyone wants to try it out.
Check out Dr SpaFish and no before you ask I don't do sales for Dr Fish :1orglaugh

that is one scary fish!

bad ass fish no doubt

Yeah I saw that, but I guarantee you he wouldn't get into a tub filled with tigerfish, they are aggressive as hell with an incredible bite.

Piranhas are pussies ...

They eat once every 10-14 days, and are agressive while hungry, but I used to own 4 eight inch piranahs (affectionately names INKY, BINKY, PINKY, and CLYDE) ... and I used to put my hand in the tank, and they would swim up to investigate, and I would actually rub their sides ... they were quite fond of this!

My putting my hand in the tank was actually a way of gauging how hungry they were ...
The 4 of them ate 2 dozen feeder goldfish every 10-14 days ... Because feedings made such a mess, you want to wait until they are good and hungry, so they actually eat the fish, and not just play with them and dirty the tank ..

By placing my hand in the water (and 'petting' them!) I would know if they were getting hungry or not. If they made no attempts to nip me, then I knew they were not at all hungry, as they began to get hungry, they get a bit more agressive, and would just lightly nip at the sides of my fingers ...

But as the nips start to actually leave marks grabbing my flesh, I knew that they were only a few days away from a feeding ... and I would not stick my hand back in the tank until 12 hours after they had fed.

You could also see their aggression increase in their swimming patterns too, but my interaction with them with sticking my hand in the tank, was the best method to gauge their hunger.

I bought those fish at 5 weeks old, and they were smaller than a dime, with no visable red markings at all ... and raised them for 3+ years .... I eventually moved into a new apartment with a girlfriend, and it was not possible for me to keep them, so I sold them to the same pet store I had bought them from 3½ years earlier.

I paid $5.99 each for them, and sold them back for $120.00 each! not a bad ROI considering the companionship I got from them also ...

Those teeth are scary as hell.

Awesome story, a local bar in my area is named after Pirahna's and they have a huge tank behind the bar with about 6 of them in it. You can pay $1 to watch the bartender feed them, they probably get fed so much they are never agressive, as I paid once and I actually got bored waiting for them to eat it, and 5 hours later I noticed the fish was gone, so one of them sooner or later ate it.

i want to swim in the river where they caught that!

Pass the tartare sauce!

Exactly what I thought. It looks prehistoric. Sharks have teeth, but nothing on that mother :2 cents:

Pacus are still meaner.

Damn,quite the set of teeth on that

Yea, I guess noodling is not so popular down there..

That thing looks brutal..

Looking fierce alright. And damn big.

Damn that's one mouthful of teeth

I only hunt that fish with a rifle.

Holy shit that's one scary fishy !!!

How can someone cook it up?

Must be very tasty I think.

piranhas attack in packs, this fish wouldn't have a chance

I'd fillet it and then grill it up

100 lil bites cant compete with a SINGLE bite of this monster! :2 cents:

No way, piranha would win. The can eat a cow down to the bone in seconds...


Jack

I'm surprised no one asked yet why is fish smells like pussy? :1orglaugh

I have pacus! Well, now I only have one, but we used to have two. Not sure what happened but one day one of them had his face smashed in.

The one we have left is probably about a year old now. Not sure how big he is, at least 6". People always think he's a Piranha. Very nice red markings. He's a handsome boy but still a bit of an asshole.

Along with the pacu we've got 2 dinosaur eels, an african leaf fish, a few different kinds of danios, a few gouramis, and a tiger pleco.

I had an apple snail for a while, he was pretty awesome, loved feeding him lettuce. One day, after having him for months the Pacu set his sights on him and that was it. :( I was so bummed. I try not to get too attached to anything in the tank since you never know, but I really dug him. I want to get another one but am on the fence about it, would break my heart if he killed again.

By the time it eats 1 piranha the rest of him will be chopped to bits