Piranha caught in N.C. river - More hype over a misID

[Fish_are_fishfood]

How can you tell its a pacu? I have only seen piranha with red eyes before, never a pacu.

 

[hayden]

look at the teeth and pacu have more of a tung then piranha

 

[---XR---]

just look at the entire head, if you've seen enough of both you can tell, not to mention the teeth.

 

[KenyanSandBoa]

just look at the entire head, if you've seen enough of both you can tell, not to mention the teeth.

Very true...you can also see it in the placement of the eyes and shape and joint location of the jaw.

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

yeah looks like this ones already gone further than the last time this happened otherwise we could attempt some sort of an "intervention",LOL.

In fact it was just on FOX News........

 

[BlackTopKing]

LOLOLOLOLOL....Its is great....and the guy is keeping a Pacu to mount...LOL...I was really upset when I first heard the story thinking it really was a PR, but its a Pacu....And to get them confused...I mean , these ppl should know at least the same amount as us...