Skip Navigation

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 — 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.

2
2 comments
  • "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 👀

  • "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"