Vicious Piranha Moments | BBC Earth

These sharp-toothed water dwellers are more than capable of stripping a carcass clean in mere moments.

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[yingnyang]

Their ability to clean the meat from the bones like that is incredible

[fac]

"Vicious Piranha Moments." True. You never see sweet and adorable Piranha moments.

[SamtheMan]

The guy that was doing the duck in distress looked like he was dunking a tea bag.

[albertol]

The Otters are the real savages.. Eating piranhas likes it's a hamburger.

[PolinaLee]

Fisherman: "I've been hunting piranhas for a very long time"
Also fisherman: * sticks a finger into piranha's mouth *

[jamesthereaper]

Did you know that a piranha can devour a child down to the bone in less than 45 seconds?

Anyway, I lost my job at the aquarium today.

[cintronproductions]

Piranhas: "We can devour anyone down to the bone in seconds! Cower in fear!"
Giant otters, river dolphins and arapaimas: "Aww, how cute. Well, time for dinner!"
Piranhas: "Oh 💩!"

[alexanderpolitis]

Props to the piranha filming under the water, masterful.

[satanicthumb]

The piranhas remind me of people’s reaction when a kid pulls out a bag of chips at school

[janetmonroe]

One of my nephews actually had about 18 piranhas he brought from a tropical fish store. They were small. I would sit and watch them for hours. I was fascinated by them especially when it was feeding time. Sometimes depending on how large the feeders where, they would nip away at the fins to slowly disable the fish before finally making all out attack. He once bought a fish that are used in a coy ponds .they nipped off all of the fins and waited in formation for almost an hour before they all moved in for the final attack. The water in fish tank was clashing against the glass like strong waves because they were shaking the fish so hard.

[ryuken]

The movies about these fish have made them even bigger Legends than they already were.

[budsnvines]

I was in the Amazons a few years back & had the chance to fish for Piranhas, they're even scarier in person, I'll never forget being able to hear their teeth snapping 😂

[alaskatheakita]

Being eaten alive by piranha’s is a terrifying way to go

[davidx.]

Wow, this video is 20 years old. I remember watching this on TV as a kid.

[zydian_]

I clearly remember the nightmare where I was stuck in the water in a lake in a rainforest and was getting ripped apart by pinranhas. The feeling of little pieces of flesh getting torn off me I will never forget. This nightmare has taken place well over 10 years ago but I clearly remember.

[codyking]

the piranha who but the knife blade: you wanna know... how i got these scars

[felony]

Fun fact! Piranhas are very shy! Rarely do they EVER attack live prey(aside from fish and frogs), and they sure as hell don't like eating human! As someone who has owned piranhas, most people in the hobby will tell ya they're pretty boring fish, they only go in feeding frenzies during mating season or if they're starved

[williambunting]

Did you notice with the piranha biting the blade it seemed to have a vibrating bite. Most fish take a single bite then use body jerks to cut the flesh away. Thie first piranha used a multi bite technique to cut down through the flesh without the body movements, it seemed to me.

[bennichols]

am just now planning a nice trip to the jungle for me and my mother in law haha

[Howsen_Hawj]

Props to the camera man who was inside the duck to get recordings of those piranhas.