Show piranha of south america finny fiend without fear A finny fiend common in some of the fresh waters of south america is the piranha or caribe the ta ana spanish nish cannibal this fists is remarkable for its voracity the fish is not much larger than a bass of good size but it is equipped with sharp triangular teeth the lower shearing past the upper that enable it to tear hunks of flesh from its victims I 1 fish of the piranha species are attracted by blood and will attack anything elsh animal or human to which their attention is drawn A school of a hundred of these fish can strip all the flesh from an animal as big as a dog in a matter of minutes there have been instances of humans being killed by them |