What are some weird facts about piranhas?

Biting has played an unusually dominant role in this year's World Cup conversations. But Luis Suarez is hardly the most feared biter in South America. The continent is home to the ultimate biters: piranhas. Piranhas have never had the most darling of reputations. read more

Some piranhas are cannibals A typical piranha diet consists of insects, fish, crustaceans, worms, carrion, seeds and other plant material. A red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), for example, eats about 2.46 grams per day—about one-eighth of its average body mass. read more

Interesting Piranhas Facts: Piranhas have silver body covered with red patches that serve as camouflage in muddy waters which they inhabit. Piranha can be 5.5-17 inches in length and weight about 7.7 pounds. Most people think that piranhas have insatiable appetite for blood, but they are actually omnivores animals (eat animals and plants). read more

Piranhas Facts Piranhas are small to medium sized fish that live in rivers of South America. Some piranhas can be found in warm lakes and rivers of North America and in Kaptai Lake in Bangladesh. read more

Piranhas Facts. Piranhas are small to medium sized fish that live in rivers of South America. Some piranhas can be found in warm lakes and rivers of North America and in Kaptai Lake in Bangladesh. read more

Piranhas are small to medium sized fish that live in rivers of South America. Some piranhas can be found in warm lakes and rivers of North America and in Kaptai Lake in Bangladesh. Word piranha means"fish tooth" in indigenous languages of Amazon. Exact number of species of piranha is unknown (between 30 and 60). They are not endangered. read more