Could Piranhas Really Turn You Into a Skeleton in a Matter of Minutes?

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Alongside sharks, crocodiles and that fish people incorrectly believe can swim up a stream of urine if you pee in the Amazon, piranhas are amongst the most feared aquatic creatures on Earth. This is mostly due to the popularly held idea that a large and hungry enough shoal of piranhas could reduce you to nothing more than a skeleton in a matter of moments- an idea that, as it turns out, isn’t without precedent, but most certainly doesn’t tell the whole story about whether piranhas are actually dangerous to humans. (And, incidentally, if you live in the U.S., you are nearly four times as likely to be killed by a vending machine as a shark, with an average annual death rate of 2.18 for vending machines and 0.6 deaths from shark attacks.)
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[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

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[@mathewfullerton8577]

Ah, but the number of deaths measured by exposures, or time exposed, to sharks and vending machines wasn't determined. I would feel, and likely be, much safer around a vending machine than a shark, especially since I don't try to move the vending machine which is what leads to the desths.

[@chazhowell6]

But, how dangerous are barracudas?

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[@real_Pinoy]

Piranha fish do eat large Animals I saw it first hand at San Francisco Zoo when they put dead animal into the tank then within mins they left nothing but bones

[@kadourimdou43]

So Jaws should have been made with a Vending Machine.

[@QuilloManar]

"You're gonna need a bigger truck."

[@TorquemadaTwist]

This was no snacking accident.

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" He's Going down again". "Not with three cans he can't "

[@900bz]

Quillo Manar you're*

[@BorksmithandTheBeef]

Bless these comments and I wish this parody would be real.

[@AJ-kj1go]

I believe you 100%, but I'm still not going to swim with them

[@gunmunz]

I know I saw something on TV where Penn dunked Teller in a straightjacket in a tank of phanna just to prove this,

[@happytriangleman1157]

Thomas Middleton Swim in a pool with piranhas or a pool of piranhas?

[@josephbilderback4549]

Dat Boi can piranhas hold water?

[@celtelf]

Thomas Middleton Here in Palmas there is a reservoir with river beachs, there are piranhas there and people including me swim there, its common if theirs population rises too much, but only small bites.

[@Takkiebos]

Would you swim with other carnivorous fish? It's a weird proposition to begin with. :P

[@Yowesephth]

Nice Propaganda. I can tell paranhas funded this video. You can't fool me.

[@samimotag]

😂yes

[@murunbuchstanzangur]

He’s a shill for big piranha.

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

They're softening us up for the great piranha invasion.

[@PlatoonGoon]

Fake piranha news

[@ghostalk2em159]

Bill the wall ND keep em out make the sea great again

[@sensibleb]

This is not an urban legend. I totally saw it happen on an episode of Itchy and Scratchy.

[@leithesocialistyuricon8981]

Sensi Bleb lol

[@FrennisDaemon]

Sensi Bleb D'oh!

[@tenhundredkills]

If you can't trust Itchy and Scratchy, who can you trust?

[@randomizertotal5113]

Sensi Bleb Eat my shorts man!

[@tenhundredkills]

***** Um, no.

[@deldarel]

piranhas: the Chihuahua of the river. small, nervous, reasonably harmless, but very scary

[@lazaruslong697]

Fuck. Now i have to hate them too. Damn, there is no animal as disgusting and pitiful as Chihuahua. What a waste of dog potential. :(

[@miahlee211]

Lazarus Long I don't consider anything that bounces when it barks to qualify as a dog. Therefore, we are discussing a yipping, hate filled, rodent.

[@razredge07]

Jeremiah Logsdon, I've owned pet rodents. Let's not sully their name with a Chihuahua comparison. Rats will back up their threats, and Siberian hamsters definitely will.

[@HyperionaSilverleaf]

@@razredge07 as will gerbils - furry, adorable warriors.

[@Nirrrina]

I can't stand those little yappers. Mostly because people don't treat or discipline them like a dog. If by unlucky chance I had one & it acted aggressive, especially to kids, I'd treat it the same as a big dog. I'd probably be more careful putting it on it's side due to size and fragility but it would be there. My wheaten terrier growled once at me over a real meat bone. Once & only once. He didn't get that bone again & never growled at me again. I wouldn't mind having a nice tiny dog though. Already full grown, non aggressive and non yapping. Unless they are warning me for something.

[@jbremerman4690]

I used to breed red belly and black piranhas, they are scared of everything. I did have a big gold one that was a real asshole and kept by herself, she bit me several times cleaning her tank.

[@lazaruslong697]

Robin Gilliver: I tend to see a lot of weird shit here in YT comments every fucking day....... But Kek have mercy on my soul, what the fuck is your problem? Did Americans kill your family? All Americans? Or you are just looking for a victim so you can pass all your failures as a man and human onto someone else? :D

[@rachelgarber1423]

Lazarus Long Ikr, everyone hates Americans, yet people keep coming. Smh, guess a lot of people didn't get the memo how horrible we are

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Lazarus Long Yup. All the hate towards Americans is getting really old.

[@jacobfajardo5567]

Robin Gilliver fuck you

[@Naharu.]

Rachel Garber how did a comment about piranhas have anything to do with americans? Also who exactly are you hating on? Every american or just people from the U.S? Because l don't know if you know, buddy, but America was a continent long before the "country"

[@ry_jayy]

That ballcutter fish has creepily human teeth.

[@Rkenton48]

scary. When I first heard him mention it I immediately thought of my first wife

[@texmex9721]

What about a vending machine that dispensed sharks?

[@natfailsyoutube8163]

The statistic was quoted for the USA not Japan

[@texmex9721]

nat4200 Those would be sharks wearing used women's underwear, that's a whole different statistic.

[@danielmeier9096]

+Tex Mex Nah man, it be squids wearing women's underwear, lol.

[@bearlyrandom4462]

That would be the end of the world.

[@theresav1679]

I smell a movie script....

[@maxhammer712]

mr roosevelt proved why you should never skip chest day. it can save your life

[@BoffinGrusky]

Thanks for this great video. I was thinking of getting my ex a tank of Piranhas for Christmas, but after watching your video, I'm going with the sack of King Cobras.

[@briangarrow448]

watcherjohnny That comment wins the Internet today!

[@BoffinGrusky]

+Brian Garrow What are you getting your ex?? :)

[@briangarrow448]

watcherjohnny The best gift ever. My son and daughter in law have started building a home on their farm so grandpa can live close to his grandson. So guess who will be having milk and cookies with pa-pa every night and learning how to grow vegetables and fix the tractor. My revenge is being the best dad I could be and having kids who love me and appreciate my devotion to them through all those years of bullshit. Sorry that comment went on so long, but you know what they say about revenge. It's a dish best served cold. Years cold, but, oh how sweet it is! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you!

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watcherjohnny Hahaha! :)

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watcherjohnny a loving present at 1259ftp/s ish from 1000ft away

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Not to take away from the Teddy Roosevelt badassness, but the bullet that got lodged in his chest was slowed by something before striking his flesh: His 50 page speech. As a result, the speech was unreadable from the blood and destruction, so, with a bullet in his chest, he proceeded to deliver his speech for 45 minutes or longer, from memory.

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50pages + a leather glasses case, if I'm not mistaken, and 90min, according to the other video

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That might actually make the story more bad ass in a way.

[@varana]

4:00 onwards: This sounds like the writers played a game "let's find out whether Simon can get through all these euphemisms with a straight face". :D

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Did he win?

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Petr Cihelka Watch now to find out.

[@martinmccomb5462]

@@petrcihelka2899 He smiled a bit, but no laughs were heard.

[@PeroPeroWaki]

Good god im never going near a vending machine again....

[@wolf1066]

Now you know why Americans are so keen on having guns for self-defence - have you seen how many vending machines they have over there? Gotta protect yourself somehow...

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

@@wolf1066 I just imagined a way oversize american, trying to steal a snack through the pickup box. As the machine starts to fall over, he whiggles out his gun (with his free hand) in panic and starts to shoot randomly while being crushed under the machine ^^

[@wolf1066]

@@rhabeldibabeldi6812 I think the only way to deal with those machines and ensure the survival of humankind is to shoot the vending machines pre-emptively before they crush us all...

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

@@wolf1066 you seem like an expert on this subject, i trust you and will start shooting vending machines on sight from now on, thank you for that knowledge

[@wolf1066]

@@rhabeldibabeldi6812 #FightTheRiseOfTheMachines

[@Bogwedgle]

If a large shoal of piranhas Wanted to shred you, they probably Could, but they don't. Army ants however are terrifying. Don't piss off army ants.

[@Questron71]

They're still less bad than Africanized bees or some sorts of wasps / hornets that come in large groups... Scenes like Indiana Jones 4 with the Ants eating the guy they overrun in Seconds are just fictional. They can hurt and / or kill you, but it takes quite some time. Pretty much like Piranhas. And for everything else there's always Belkar's law... when in doubt set it on fire ;)

[@tapolna]

Yeah, but there are few animal species that even come close to uniformed technologically-outfitted Homo sapiens at causing massive kills

[@lazaruslong697]

tapolna: Massive kills need mad skills! :D

[@Bluesit32]

Bogwedgle True. They'll take bites out of anything that gets in the way. Not lethally, mind you...you'd have to be laying down right in a path of marching army ants for that to happen. They move in a straight line, so all you need to do is move to the left or the right.

[@Dantick09]

but what would a piranha think about swiming in water full of humans? I am looking at you public pools

[@kristofb5013]

It would probably not be able to see through all of the urine

[@RenatoLaporte]

I swam in rivers where piranhas live, when you're in the water they don't come even close normally. And if you throw meat, it's not like they will eat it like mad dogs. Not long ago, people in Brazil used to know the "truth" about this fish, that normally and almost everywhere they are as dangerous as any other fish, so not. But the movies + the easy access to sensationalist online media, created a state of magnified stupidity in many locals, that they now believe in histories of deaths and attacks.(never confirmed).

[@Naharu.]

Renato Laporte yeah that's true, in the city l grewn up everyone went crazy when someone said there were piranhas in the nearest river because /piranhas are evil just like sharks and they will eat us all/ (guess what? There weren't any piranhas in the river)

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

Pretty sure what happened was that some royalty was traveling to the jungle years ago, so the tribal leaders caught a bunch of paranas, starved them, them chucked a goat or something in there so they were starving. This dude want back to the western world and told everyone about the badass fish that can tear something to sheds in just minutes. This was in like, the 1800, so it just got spread Edit: Oh, this was explained about 9 minutes in hahaha

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Heh... "ball-park".

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And later "Dick Day."

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

"They plump when you cook 'em!"

[@rockets4kids]

Have you guys done a video about the fish that can swim up a stream of urine if you pee in the Amazon? If not, now you *have* to make that one.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Coming up!

[@MottyGlix]

The candiru.

[@BestLittleStudio]

Today I Found Out That's what it said...

[@351cleavland]

There is also a grizzly bear that can do that but people don't talk about it.

[@TheScabbage]

Candiru can't swim up a stream of urine, that's a myth. It's also impossible. They have been confirmed to enter one man's urethra, though.

[@psychronic8327]

the paku should be called nut crackers😂😂

[@hotwax9376]

Or castration fish.

[@aikou2886]

@PSYCHRONIC Genius!

[@MrMike11233]

I know my luck. I would find the perfect storm of 8700 starving piranha in a swimming pool sized body of water...

[@coreycox2345]

Excellent research. This answers so many questions that I had not thought of related to the eating habits of piranhas.

[@tejasdevgekar1154]

"they typically prefer eating fruits and actual nuts" LMAO

[@qbmac2306]

This video is in contradiction to another documentary I saw called Piranha 3D. I don't know who to believe.

[@MauroTamm]

If it bites you - you eat it for revenge.

[@mightyvoovoo]

Fish, "Ohhh, look! NUTS!" Man, "OUH MY NUTS!!!!!"

[@QuasiTraction]

Can I make a suggestion? Who is the real "chef boyardee". Love to see that one

[@TallifTallonbrook]

River Monsters visited this 3 times. Turns out there are documented cases of it.

[@TimeStrider]

While it's true that many of the stories about Piranhas are greatly exaggerated they can be extremely dangerous under certain conditions. Jeremy Wade mentions a young boy who was devoured alive by Piranhas in his show 'River Monsters'. And BTW it was Jeremy Wade who performed the stunt of tossing a piece of meat into a pool of Piranhas then sitting in the pool after it was devoured, the fish swimming just inches away from him.

[@HeartBDoctor]

Simon, you should also debunk the Hollywood cliche about quicksand, which is NOT deadly, but instead is mostly water.

[@anneruby4182]

I have a really bad cold and have been watching these for a few days. Perfectly wonderful way to rest and recover. Thank you!!

[@WeThErOcKsTaRs]

awww they seem so cute haha "I'm a piranha nom nom nom"

[@beagleboysinc9950]

How do you get killed by a vending machine?

[@DestPestoDud]

Tom Tidlund They fall on you

[@beagleboysinc9950]

TheGamingPesto I guess that's true. Take some really bad karma to make it happen though.

[@Utuberd0]

Tom Tidlund some people rock and shake the vending machines when their item gets stuck. They underestimate the weight of it and it crushes them to death

[@robertmoss9897]

angry vending machines usually back over their victims with the vendors delivery vans.

[@oswaldmosley1063]

perfect

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Planet Dolan doesn't give you actual facts. It is poorly researched and often sensationalist with a click bait headline. Today I found out proves over and over again that accurate details ARE interesting, no matter how many of them you pack in.

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C&S Aviation yeah Planet Dolan is pretty much like Matthew Santoro. Check fact sites and copy paste them. You should try TedTalks - ED. That and Today I found out have been my two favorite channels for the year.

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Danger dolan only happens when you're really high on youtube you eventually get there and never stop.

[@MohammedIqlasUddin]

The guy in Planet Dolan sounds like a wretched mutated possessed drunkard

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

You almost made the Piranhas sound cute with their timidness until you went back to their eating habits and sharp teeth lol.

[@Epyrian04]

I've seen footage of piranhas annihilating a pelican in seconds... I don't believe this! :o Though I do feel really bad for lonely pirhanas.

[@kendallcarlson3572]

I vocally cried out when talking about the fish who killed the men by biting them....

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aw, thanks!

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No. Fuck off

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Ants In My Eyes Johnson aren't you blind?

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Jordan Toms Yes. Are my prices too low?

[@TorquemadaTwist]

+Sam Schineller I'm taking one of yours.

[@GeorgiaLunch]

"Scavenging on human corpses as a source for stories about man-eating piranhas" might also be a good name for a death metal song.

[@334outdoors8]

Piranha are the panfish of the amazon they are the bait of the waterway and are the most boring fish to keep in an aquarium

[@purrfekt]

"...ball-cutter fish." Ok, you have my full attention.

[@MrTomtomtest]

Americans encounter way more vending machines than sharks in their daily lives so those stats do not mean they are less dangerous. It just shows that given the average american daily life there are more chances that an average american will die at the cold claws of a vending machine. It is an interesting argument for politics not for evaluating how dangerous sharks are.

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The amount of "testicle" puns are on the double today. Get it? Cause double? I actually need help.

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Mal Mort... you are not even close to comparing like for like ...oh, and you’re a piece of shit!

[@robertwhitley6233]

We're sick of piranha attacks! BUILD THE WALL!

[@mrlickie]

What about the fear of an infamous sharknado? lol they are vicious!

[@marshallallensmith]

Guy: "Deeez nutz" Other guy: "Lolz" Pacu fish: "hold my beer" *15 seconds later* Guy: "ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....."

[@afcomser]

That is not true about the Shyness, My Red Belly Piranhas were very alert, Knew and could recognize others, would watch all the goings on in the house. I fed him with raw Chicken and raw Shrimp. I've noticed their aggression is also strongly based on the temperature of the water, before I could clean the tank, I had to shut the tank heater off. I learned the hard way while I was cleaning and he bit me on the back of the arm, it was so clean a bite I didn't even feel it, I just noticed blood in water. Needed 6 stitches. My cat got bit couple years later on the back of his R-Leg, it took 10 stitches. They will attack other fish, I had a large Placostimus for a month in there, One morning I found it stripped to the bone.

[@Poggle566]

Your fish needs more than 1 piece of chicken and shrimp.

[@afcomser]

He ate about 5 a day, they were 1/2 in cubes, and about a medium size shrimp

[@xaosbob]

How long have you had them?

[@afcomser]

Almost 10yrs

[@xaosbob]

afcomser So I bet they know you pretty well, and consider you...if not family, at least someone they are really comfortable around. My daughter has goldfish that she's had for 8 years now, and they are like that.

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I got a 2 minute and 30 second, unskippable ad. If I keep getting this, on comes the adblock.

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Thank you so much for the bonus fact. Although not having anything to do with the topic, it does mention how Armstrong’s daughter died. There are a lot of children still dying of cancer of the brain stem. The treatment has not changed much since her passing. It is still considered rare in the medical community. But if you search for DIPG, there are MANY children who currently have or have recently passed from it. My nephew was one of them.

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How about a "Today I found out how to correctly pronounce Roosevelt" episode?

[@OriginalEric]

"Generally agreed that the reputation is largely unfounded". That's the kind of solid conclusion I like to hear.

[@jordantoms4367]

anyone else seen the video of the boy being pulled from the river in Brazil? A literl skeleton with the exception of his forehead and scalp.. fucked up shit.

[@chickenonugget2269]

Jordan Toms I know reddit 50/50

[@jamarrippy1991]

Jordan Toms i saw that video. i thought about that when watching this video

[@kevinl.9471]

He was either already dead or injured... As this video states, although not impossible, but highly unlikely he went into the water and was attacked!

[@GraveUypo]

they're speaking spanish. that isn't brazil.

[@downbntout]

Yeah that vid is the shit right there. Take that, Simon Whistler.

[@ares_ace2896]

Pacu's are so cute!!! I love seeing them swim around constantly trying to eating something. They're the very definition of gluttony.

[@jesilarsen791]

My red belly is a dog of the water she's amazing and she'll come to where I'm sitting

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Piranhas are only really dangerous when they're starving. This happens when falling water levels trap them in isolated pools and ponds, where they are cut off from the river. Attacks on humans happen when the piranhas have already eaten everything else.

[@ColbaWolbaM8]

good vid

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@swmace1]

I spent a couple weeks in Peru in 2013, one of which was in the lowland jungle in the Iquitos region. We stayed at Pacaya Samiria natural reserve and I swam in waters out of which I also fished red belly piranha. They are tasty and they are bony and they don't bother you when you're swimming with them. I can anecdotally attest to all of those. Great video. Love the channel.

[@louisng114]

I see; one doesn't usually get "boned" by piranhas.

[@fizzplease6742]

"affectionately named" the ball cutter, huh? :D

[@manwithanaccent4315]

My Uncle had his finger bitten off in front of me by a Piranha when I went to his pet store and he was feeding it. I was 14. I walked in as it happened.

[@manwithanaccent4315]

His finger was sitting in the bottom of the tank. He tried getting it out with a net but the Piranha went nuts and eventually started eating it. He went to the hospital and got a jab from the doc and that was the end of it.

[@joshuastarkloff9602]

My uncle got his nuts cut off by a Vending Machine.

[@WeissberV]

A piranha? Just 1? Even with a couple of Piranhas I highly doubt they could rip a whole finger off in the first couple of bites? Just after the first bite you could easily pull out and you'd be fine.. lol

[@nicksmith6629]

WeissberV - yup. just over 200 newtons, and your finger is gone. sometimes not a clean severe unless closer to around 300 newtons. piranhas have about 320 newtons of biting force.

[@manwithanaccent4315]

I was fine lol. My Uncle just shrugged it off lol. I went there every day to see the snake eat a live rat, I've never been squeamish about anything like that. I never got to see the snake eat anything though. It just lay there.

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🌟This is my favorite channel! I love learning about every subject he speaks of..(he also has a very calming and soothing voice!) He should most deffinitly do a "sleep pod" cast, where people film themselves reading from a book, or just sitting and telling stories they know...it's very helpful when you can't sleep, it really works wonders! I'm actually thinking about doing it myself..they have extremely slim pickings when it comes to those genere...thanks again for uploading this for all of us youtubers✨

[@midnightman8469]

Jeremy Wade [River Monsters Host] sat in a kiddie pool and nothing happened, but when he threw a chicken from the store they all went after him.... I think its on youtube.

[@Floppy_Bacon]

Great video Simon! I had a Red Bellied Piranha. His name was Paco El Diablo. I had him for about 7&1/2 years. I loved him dearly. I actually haven't had a pet since his passing which was about 10 years ago. R.I.P. Paco🐟💙

[@Reaper1008]

Jeremy Wade, of River Monsters, said same thing..They are misunderstood..

[@kamrongrant]

That... part about.... was hilarious! Just too good man! Well presented! =D

[@schadenfreudebuddha]

13 and a half minutes to say "no"

[@QuilloManar]

Correct, but now I know that Piranhas are timid, prefer to be in schools, will only attack a human as a warning in most cases, are omnivorous, and prefer feeding on smaller fish or dead things. Today I Found Out would be vastly less interesting if they only took a second to say "No," and then went on the talk about their other stuff.

[@schadenfreudebuddha]

I mean, i'm all for answering a question in depth, but at this point, you could just call it "everything about piranhas."

[@QuilloManar]

schadenfreudebuddha But that's not the question that draws you in, not many people want to know just 'about piranhas' they want to know if they can turn you into a skeleton or not. It's all about gaining the interest of the viewers. These other extra facts makes these videos worthwhile.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

+Quillo Manar: You're hitting the nail right on the head. ;-) We're interested more in the education side of edutainment, but need something to draw the watchers in and keep them interested while we teach all sorts of related things. :-) It's how we make our content somewhat unique and not just like a bagillion other places out there that just give the "No" answer with a filler paragraph or two that says mostly nothing. I'd also personally not be interested in working on the "No" answer style content. It doesn't add anything and is mostly just copying what someone else has done in that case, and because of the shallow research those places often do, that style is also prone to inaccuracy. Obviously our ultra-detailed style is not for everyone, but at least some people seem to enjoy it. :-)

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schadenfreudebuddha The answer was "yes, but just because it's possible doesn't make it probable."

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The vending machine v. shark attack report was pretty cool, well done Mr. Whistler, well done!

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In my opinion, one of the most interesting videos you have done.

[@bloodenjoyer]

Whelp, I now identify with piranhas. I'm really shy and cautious around humans, will eat anything, it's very difficult to starve me, I will attack if desperate enough, feel nervous when eating with people I'm not good friends with, hide until people go away, and my bite is very strong. (I swear I have no control over how much force I use, I feel like I'm gently hitting a ball then it goes flying half way across the room and hits someone in the face) I also have a resting bitch face and it looks like I will kill you if you disturb me, but inside I'm just a nervous wreck trying to not fail at social activities but doing so anyways.

[@HidaAtarasi]

So, then, 'piranha attacks' are more likely to be foul play disposal, rather than tragic events?

[@evernewb2073]

erm, not even that, they make for a great tourist attraction just like the pre-prepared example in the video and the media in (almost) every culture absolutely loves reinforcing things like that so they are happy to report stories as fact, pass on false reports like the scavenging-as-hunting examples, and pounce on the very few examples of a piranha attack actually happening (usually to livestock). ironically enough this is the first time I've seen something in one of this guy's videos that's readily false: the catfish that buries it'self in an animal's urethra is a real thing, the only part that is a myth is that they swim up the stream when you are peeing, they will seek out urine but you need to actually be inside the water...frankly catfish in general are pretty horrifying if you want to look up some critters that are often actually WORSE than the myths about them. there are also a few species of them that don't seem to stop growing or die of old age now that we are studying them more properly, which makes some of the old stories and drawings of man eating catfish in lakes and rivers in europe from back before we saturated the areas with hunting sound a lot more plausible, the only confirmed one still going on today is man-eating catfish in the ganges (people send bodies down the river as a burial method, fish eat them, some catfish are big enough to do it whole, on VERY rare occasions the fish have grabbed living people by mistake)

[@DjJooze]

Reddit brought me here

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Really? Link please?

[@hanstun1]

Don't ask for a reddit link..the rot will spread!

[@roguebogey]

Rot? You know you're commenting bad about reddit when you are literally in the worlds most generally toxic comment section, right?

[@hanstun1]

Noah Titus You forgot to mention humorless.

[@samimotag]

Aww, poor piranhas, getting a bad wrap! I had no idea they were timid little guys

[@simpleisbetter4132]

@08:59 a reference to video where Theodore Roosevelt "makes every man feel a little less manly" is offered. I have tried to key word search this video to no avail. Where might I find this video (without hours of scrolling through 539 of these videos)?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Ha, turns out we haven't published it yet! Coming up though! :-)

[@danielbritton6017]

C Mutt a

[@killercreep1384]

C Mutt @8:59 that is. Not an email

[@simpleisbetter4132]

Assasincreeper 2.0- @ means at...the authors of this video series get that but, now you know.

[@Lostcory]

Today I Found Out so you guys never published it? :(

[@Ins765]

Got in before this channel started blowing up. Im proud

[@milksheihk]

You've stopped pronouncing it skellington :p

[@catowisdom1922]

I was once bit by a REALLY TINY piranha! IT WAS SOOO CUTE!!

[@KittySYT]

Could Piranhas trim down this avalanche of fat I've on my body and make me slim n beautiful? 😥

[@Moop747]

no

[@KittySYT]

+Finzzilla 747 😭😭😭 nobody helps me

[@RB26DETT_]

piranhas can't. the gym certainly can. stop being lazy

[@KittySYT]

rb26dett I tried but I break the treadmill. They banned me 😢

[@KittySYT]

***** I can't see my own blood, I'll fall on the floor and then the tenant downstairs complains :(

[@shesaknitter]

The teeth of that fish related to the piranha look like human teeth!

[@soumyajitsarkar2372]

how on earth can u die from a Vending machine ?

[@spoopy6824]

Soumyajit Sarkar it falls on people after that person gets angry then shakes the machine causing it to fall

[@soumyajitsarkar2372]

Wtf

[@FaceUnreality]

It's true, vending machines are heavier then they look.

[@cathy-pz2to]

+Cat Knight yep

[@soumyajitsarkar2372]

.....

[@mattpeacock5208]

"Vulchers of the ocean"???? They live in rivers dude!!

[@zahirkhan778]

how the hell can you die from a vending machine?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

I believe the most common way is people rocking them back and forth to get stuff out, ultimately having it fall on them.

[@stewiegriffen100]

Zahir khan when they jump you and beat you up too much

[@JohnnyKronaz]

Diabetes.

[@JamesRDavenport]

Ask The Sims. ;)

[@GrandCorsair]

Zahir khan Shaking the machine. I've even seen some that warn not to shake the machine. It tips over and crushes you.

[@imaytag]

Theres so much good stuff packed into every single one of your videos, I love it! It's not the kind of channel I'd want to subscribe to, but I keep coming back whenever I'm idly surfing KZbin and you never disappoint!

[@HideousConformity]

What about a shark wielding a vending machine?

[@halbvampir07forever]

Great video, loved all the word plays! I absolutely love your content!

[@TheScabbage]

There has never been a recorded case of a Pacu biting off a man's testicles. That was an internet myth that started around 2013.

[@ashresearcher]

Love your channel! Amazing host!

[@Czesnek]

I saw a documentary where piranas quickly killed a large waterbird.

[@ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan]

Love you Simon! AND the whole staff!

[@huh3424]

How do zippers work?

[@jeremiahzehr-stetzel]

Lighterz dumbass its easy look it. on Google

[@pendrake113]

Lighterz Like any minority, you just need to oppress them.

[@SarcasmicGlory]

Who's the dimwit asking how zippers work?!?

[@barroldtrumboma9162]

Asking how zippers work is like asking how walking works...

[@huh3424]

Douglass MacArthur Well make me disabled and call me Stephen Hawking.

[@casperswift]

I used to have an aquarium of red bellied piranhas amazing beautiful fish...

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

the quick answer : they don't usually travel in huge groups and don't really bother humans and if they did yes they would probably eat you quite quick

[@cryptidcloud]

pls forgibe me senpai first is wrong

[@cryptidcloud]

pls forgibe me senpai they do travel in big groups, just not for why you think

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

I didn't watch the video I was just going off my knowledge, curious to see what I'd get right.

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

watched it after thougu

[@ThorKipperberg]

Depends on the Piranah species,. as there is quite a large group of species of piranhas,in the serrasalminae family,.Traditionally, Catoprion, Pristobrycon, Pygocentrus, Pygopristis, and Serrasalmus are considered to be true piranhas .The most common one sold in petstores around the world, the pygocentrus nattereri is one of the species that actually hunt their prey in quite large schools,. these fish are normaly youngsters,and pre adults. when they are mature they tend to become more territorial and tends to fare in pairs, than in large groups. during mating season in some cases the males and females tend to group together in larger mating groups, and the males fight amongst eachother to get a mate, after that they disperse out in pairs again,lay theyr eggs and guard theyr eggs and offspring.The redbellied piranha,is a very skittish fish, and is not a fish that would normaly attack humans or any other large prey, it also looses its red belly coloration after it reaches adulthood, and turns more silvery brown and yellow in color. Another close relative to the redbellied piranha, the Pygocentrus Caribe, black spot piranha is another story, the fish looks quite similar to the redbellied piranah , but keeps its colorful red belly, is more silvery on the sides, and darker shaded back than the redbelly piranha, this species is almost always found in large schools, and is usually staying in large groups, before and after egglaying, they are highly terrotorial and the locals fear this fish way more, than the more docile and skittish redbellied piranha. the P caribe is described more often to bite swimmers, and therefore locals dont swim in waters where this species are found. P caribe,is rarely found in the petrade worldwide,due to its agrressive behaviour. There is also other Piranha species that are considered more dangerous than the redbellies, due to size and wounds it would inflict if it bites you, the black piranha. this species is not found in schools, and is a rouge species, that only travels in pairs during mating. The other Piranha species, are rarely sold in the petrade as these fish is not social fish or a fish, most would be recomended to have in a fishtank, due to extreme high aggresion, size, price or specialiation on feeding. one exeption is in the catoprion genus, these are scale and fin eaters, are quite small in size. Red bellied Pacus, wich is mostly herbivores in diet( omnivore)(fruitpiranhas), but tends to grow into quite the size, but is mostly a friendly giant if keept right and have enough diverse food, and space. Silverdollars belong also in this family, and these contains also mostly smaller, herbivore/omnivore species, but some can grow in size and eat smaller fish if given the chance. In the Pygocentrus genus :There are currently four recognized species : Pygocentrus cariba (black spot piranha)Pygocentrus nattereri (red piranha, red-bellied piranha)Pygocentrus palometa Pygocentrus piraya,(the Black Piranha /San Francisco piranha).

[@a.b.8080]

I do understand the myth, piranhas are curious. I've kept them im sufficiently large numbers and tank. Though as a holding for a friend I noticed they often explored my cautiously dangling cleaning equipment with their mouths. The school often munched all that I threw in, only to reject food for a week after. Oppportunistic, they loved still meats. More often than not I found I overfed them and had to wait days before they'd eat again. They did not frenzy, they inspected foor before making it dissappear in seconds and then refused a next meal. It actually took experimentation and calculation to figure out a good feeding pattern. I kept them in a good planted tank, when they were ready to eat again I'd often see slight damage to plants first. Their appetite was either overly present or absent. Worms were always appreciated, but again they only ate still food when large quantities were offered.

[@belzaboul]

ey everybody, today I found out...

[@mikesutton381]

Superb video! Love this site!

[@normrubio]

"Vulture of the SEA" This guy knows nothing.

[@Scavenger82]

nathan rubio 1:51 ha, I didn't catch that. Had to rewatch it.

[@DannieJensen]

I kept Piranha for five years. A group of seven members or more will be quite aggressive, they will have a definite leader, they will demolish all plants and they will float in a ring formation in the middle of the fishtank when they're hungry.