Piranhas get a bad rap. They are actually classified as omnivorous fish and usually only travel in schools for group protections from predators. Attacks on humans are rare and even then rarely result in death. People eat piranhas more often than piranhas attack people. The movie scenes of a person falling into the water and being devoured in seconds is just a film trope.
Piranhas get a bad rap. They are actually classified as omnivorous fish and usually only travel in schools for group protections from predators. Attacks on humans are rare and even then rarely result in death. People eat piranhas more often than piranhas attack people. The movie scenes of a person falling into the water and being devoured in seconds is just a film trope.