I have not been piranha fishing on the Amazon, nor do I know much about it, but one of my oldest, dearest friends has been there, and done that. She also recently started a blog with some of her most amazing photos from all of her most amazing travels, and you should take a look.
While I was looking at some of her best of shots from 2012, I noticed a beautiful picture of a man fishing, and asked if I could share some more of those pictures on my blog. So, here you have them!
Like I said, I really know nothing about piranha fishing, nor did I really know that one might want to eat piranha. All you need to catch this toothy fish is a stick, a long wire, and some chicken. FYI, they don't eat people. Turns out all of those movies about man-eating piranhas are false. Who knew, eh?
Piranha fun facts:
- There are under 60 species of piranha.
- They can live up to 25 years!
- Schools of piranha can exceed 1000 fish.
- They can become cannibalistic if under fed. (Eat each other, not humans. Jus' clarifyin')
- Piranhas have the same sensory system as sharks that allow them to detect blood.
- Piranha teeth are often used to make weapons by the indigenous natives.
Peruvians do in fact eat quite a bit of piranha.
While I was looking around for a bit of piranha info I found this other blog post that might be of interest if you're really keen on learning more about them.
This warms my little heart! Never in a million years would I have thought I'd go piranha fishing and just for the record, I caught NOTHING. BUT it was totally fun (and ridiculously hot and humid) and I would recommend a trip to the Amazon to anyone. Also it was delish even if 15 fish produced two bites each for 10 people. Thanks so much for the nice words, love you lady! xoxo
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