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Check out the chompers on this fish.

www.wypr.org An 11-year-old boy caught a piranha-like fish in an Oklahoma pond

A boy in Oklahoma reeled in an alarmingly weird catch this past weekend: a pacu, the South American fish that's a cousin of the piranha β€” and whose humanlike teeth have long struck fear in swimmers.

An 11-year-old boy caught a piranha-like fish in an Oklahoma pond

Don't flush your pets, people. That's how we get toilet gaters.

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  • "WHY DOES IT HAVE HUMAN TEETH," a dismayed commenter asked. "IDK WE DIDN'T MAKE THEM," the wildlife agency replied.

    any volunteers to Brush The Teeth on the next one? lil thing looks like it could use it πŸ‘€

  • "It's not normal to get your testicles bitten off, of course, but it can happen, especially now in Sweden," ... In reality, the red-bellied pacu and related species actually rely on nuts"