Major piranha attack in Argentina


0003756135

Yesterday, seventy people were injured by carnivorous fish while bathing in the aptly named Parana River in Rosario, Argentina. The fish were likely Pygocentrus palometa, a kind of piranha. (BBC News, thanks Bob Pescovitz!)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

MORE:  fish

More at Boing Boing

What we can learn from dialect maps

Taking pictures of the Rolling Stones with the 'best pocket camera ever made'

Open all references in tabs: [1 - 5]

Leave a Reply