7/28/2023 0 Comments Danger piranha fish![]() There have been numerous cases of thumbs and fingers being more or less bitten off and other incidents in which major reconstructive surgery has been required after bites down to the bone. When they do attack the resulting bite can be more severe than you’d imagine. One of the most common scenarios for an attack is when divers have been hand feeding eels. It isn’t that these eels are particularly aggressive, they are quite shy and just don’t like being disturbed when they are hiding away in their burrows and have notoriously bad eyesight. While humans are not on the moray’s menu there have been plenty of attacks over the years. Actually, all fish have two sets of jaws but the moray eel is the only one that can shoot these second jaws forward to drag its prey down its throat. The moray eel also possesses three rows of very sharp teeth and, not just one set of powerful jaws, but two. ![]() They can reach up to 3m (10ft) in length and weigh up to 30kg (66lbs) which puts them fairly high on the food chain. Whilst not exactly gigantic this is still a big enough fish to cause some serious damage. Moray eels are actually 200 separate species of fish but it is the giant moray that we are most interested in. In fact the American marine biologist who investigated the case suggested the likelihood of being attacked by a candiru in this manner was about as likely as “being struck by lightning whilst simultaneously being eaten by a shark”. Firstly, there has only ever been one documented case of it actually happening and this seems to be full of inconsistencies. Now, if you have read my other article on the candiru you will know I am a little sceptical as to any of these claims and would suggest it is in fact something of an urban myth. One victim claimed that the little river monster swam up his stream of pee and inserted itself. ![]() ![]() And it gets worse you don’t even have to enter the water to be vulnerable to attack. The story goes that the candiru has a penchant for swimming up men’s toilet parts where it becomes virtually impossible to remove owing to its backwards facing spines. What this mischievous little fish is said to do to humans is far worse than a little blood-sucking. The candiru feeds by attaching to other fishes gills and tapping into the many blood vessels that are located there. This tiny catfish’s unpleasant reputation probably stems from its other name – “the vampire fish”. Candiru CandiruĪlso known as the toothpick fish on account of its slender shape, the candiru ( Vandellia cirrhosa) is one of the Amazon River’s more notorious inhabitants. Instead they have a range of natural weapons ranging from being venomous or electrically supercharged to being downright weird… 10. To do this many don’t rely solely on there size, speed and pointy teeth as the sharks do. They are most definitely not fish, in fact they are as much a type of fish as we are.Įven with those removed there are still plenty of potentially dangerous fish to be found in the rivers, lakes and oceans of the world that are more than capable of killing us. There seems to be a little confusion on other websites about the nature of these squishy invertebrates. The other thing that won’t be appearing on this list are jellyfish. Firstly, sharks – technically they should be occupying most of the top spots but as I’ve already done a rather excellent article on the most dangerous sharks I’ve decided not to repeat myself. Before we get going on this list of the world’s most dangerous fish I’m going to tell you what I’m not putting on the list.
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