If it has a bunch of teeth on its lips its a red-bellied piranha. No teeth means its a Pacu. Either way, it belongs either in an aquarium or south america.
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Wow I would love to have Pacu roam these waters. They can get upwards of 55 pounds and yes they are vegetarians but they DO eat meat...saw it all on river monsters. It would be great to have them here in my humble opinion. Although someone probably did let it loose. They are natives of tropical climates so I don't know that they would survive our winters though.
It is def a pacu, they have teeth for crushing nuts and such. People let them go all the time when they outgrow the aquariums. They could never survive our winters
It is def a pacu, they have teeth for crushing nuts and such. People let them go all the time when they outgrow the aquariums. They could never survive our winters
well let's hope they can't survive! seem's critters have a way of adapting themselves.
some of those big pet snakes let loose in florida seem to be doing well. Most folk's said they'd never survive!
Wow I would love to have Pacu roam these waters. They can get upwards of 55 pounds and yes they are vegetarians but they DO eat meat...saw it all on river monsters. It would be great to have them here in my humble opinion. Although someone probably did let it loose. They are natives of tropical climates so I don't know that they would survive our winters though.
LAND BIG FISH !!!
Deep water? Survival is in us all. I love that show by the way.
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I agree, looks like a Pacu. Red-bellied Pacu would have human-like teeth, blunter and designed for crushing and chewing. Red-bellied piranha would have sharp, triangular shark-like teeth for cutting and tearing.
Either way that fish doesn't belong in Ohio lakes, you should report it to the DNR.
I agree, looks like a Pacu. Red-bellied Pacu would have human-like teeth, blunter and designed for crushing and chewing. Red-bellied piranha would have sharp, triangular shark-like teeth for cutting and tearing.
Either way that fish doesn't belong in Ohio lakes, you should report it to the DNR.
Floridas climate is much closer to what those snakes come from naturally. These fish are used to water that is never really colder than 70 degrees.
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A show called monsterquest did an experiment to see just how cold of a climate piranha could legitimately survive in. Their results proved that they can survive in temperatures as low as the mid 50s. This means that it is within the realm of possibilities that piranha could survive in certain Ohio waters, any water that has natural spring water flow will remain around 60º year round near that spring. Probable, no. Possible, absolutely. When it comes to mother nature and the will to survive, you never really know what could happen.
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