Tho I must admit that I would never get that close to the surface with my bare hands while doing this.

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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    52 hours ago

    I can’t tell from the video if the water is just muddy or if it’s actually, y’know, gross. Is it safe to eat the fish from that river?

    Also, I’d always heard they didn’t do that unless they were starving. Which makes me think not much is surviving in that water, making me think it might not be safe to eat the fish :/

    Though, I imagine if you’re desperate for protein, such things are secondary concerns at best

  • @Nurse_Robot
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    They’re almost certainly starved. Piranha’s don’t normally swarm like this

    • @hperrin
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      73 hours ago

      But that’s what the cartoons showed.

  • Flying Squid
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    325 hours ago

    Ok, so why would anyone want to catch a piranha? Are they tasty or something?

    • @thesporkeffect
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      They look like they are 90% gristle and hatred.

      • Boozilla
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        The Ann Coulter of fishes.

    • Lvxferre
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      The one that I tasted was the red piranha, the same as in the video. The taste is… okay, not delectable but not awful; it’s simply a bit too strong. It goes great on soups/stews though.

    • Wolf Link 🐺OP
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      285 hours ago

      Wikipedia claims they’re quite popular.

      • @[email protected]
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        295 hours ago

        Reading more, everything I see describes them as bony, salty and very fishy tasting, best served smoked or grilled to mask the flavor.

        Sounds like we’re not missing much.

        • @[email protected]
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          314 hours ago

          Protein is protein and if this is where someone needs to get it, then this is what it will be

          • peopleproblems
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            It’s that fishy taste that does it to me

            Just cant pretend to like it at all

            • @[email protected]
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              That’s interesting, I really like the fishy taste. If it’s overpowering it can be unpleasant, but in reasonably amounts it’s tasty.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    34 hours ago

    Damn, and I thought I was smart for making stock from bones