What happens when you fall into piranha-infested waters? - Antonio Machado-Allison

Wouldn't they breathe faster in groups because there's less oxygen to go around ?

Yep, that’s right. It’s all the fault of a US president.

Who’d have thought of that? 😂😂🐟🩸

🇧🇷 Most Piranhas LIVE and are present IN BRAZIL. BRAZIL IS , BASICALLY, SOUTH AMERICA. AND YES, THE WORLDWIDE SYSTEM ARE EXPLORING US.🇧🇷🇧🇷

The thumbnail looks like a Kick Buttowski episode and I love it

A starving Piranha wrote the script

They won’t eat you so long as this that and the other thing doesn’t happen or isn’t going on. If it is your screwed lol

Meanwhile Penn and teller tried to debunk the danger of swimming with piranhas and teller got bit immediately

Step 1: Confirm with the piranhas that you have green eyes
Step 2: Ask permission to leave the water

“…a piranha’s breeding frenzy.” As you hurtle into the Amazon and you clearly hear Barry White’s greatest hits, ya just know that it’s definitely breeding season. And, you’re definitely gonna die. (If you aren’t American of a certain age, this attempt at humor will mean absolutely nothing.)

Luckily, piranha plants are fictional here in Universe Prime.

Most predatory animals are pretty cautious and will size up a situation before doing anything. And most have an instinctual fear of humans unless injured.

You're more likely to die of infection than a piranha.

Always refreshing to find stereotypes quashed by careful studies without a loaded objective. Thank you TED-Ed

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When isn't it the wet season for them?

I would test this theory by pushing the narrator into an infested piranha river. I'll practice courtesy and ask if these fishies are mating before doing so.

Do Bears eat Clowns....no because they taste funny..

It can be said, "Don't judge the book by its cover"😉😉

Ernst Stavro Blofeld would be very disappointed.

Seems fair. Nobody wants to be disturbed while shagging 🤷‍♂

I'd be more scared of the fish that swims up your pee hole.

So you saying I’m not tasted e Pugh for you?

🐟: yea I guess hehe.

You probably taste like a wet soggy sock.

🐟: least my socks bigger than your 0.2 miler meter defeater 💀

Me: straight up leaves

🐟: hah bozo

Who else is here from Saw VI?

I’ve swam with piranhas - after fishing for them. No. They didn’t attack me.

When I was stationed in Germany in the Army, I had 3 red belly’s in a 20 gallon aquarium in my barracks room (you could legally own them there and buy them at any pet store). I should say that I STARTED with 3, because one was eaten by the other 2 for some reason. I can attest to the fact that they don’t just attack humans/human flesh, because my buddies and I would ALL stick our hands and fingers into the tank (yes, alcohol was involved lol) to try and get them to bite us, and it never worked. Throw a couple of cheap, feeder goldfish in there though, and it was a different story altogether….ESPECIALLY when they were hungry! I fed them once a week/week and a half if I wasn’t in the field and would watch them eat which was fascinating. They always started at the tail fin, and slowly worked their way forward, and nothing like you see in the movies either. They would dart in from the rear real quick, bite/tear off a piece of tail fin, meat, whatever, and swim away to another part of the tank to eat it, then, wait for a bit before going back for another bite. They would slowly nibble away at the goldfish for several days until there was nothing left but the head (which sometimes would still be alive 😳). When I would go to the field, how I fed them depended on how long I was going out for. If it was just a week or so, and they had already been fed, I’d wait until I got back to feed them, and all my close friends would come hang out in my room to watch them eat. If I was going out for two weeks or longer, I’d toss 2-3 goldfish in there with some “vacation” food cubes for the goldfish to survive on for the piranhas. When I got ready to leave Germany, I sold my sole remaining red belly to a buddy (one of the two died) which had gotten pretty close to it’s full size by that time.

Great 😊

Lol, a few of the comments here talking about swimming in the Amazon, not being attacked by piranha, then afterwards, went fishing for said piranha.

I’m gonna assume that the bacteria in the Amazon River is significantly more of a threat than the piranhas in it. Better keep your mouth shut when falling in!

I imagine they would if they smelt blood and were hungry enough ! Not about to put it to tue test tho 😆!

It's my first time to watch a TED-Ed animation like this and I really like it!!

he said there is a chance, not they will. stop trying to spin a bloody narrative and just be honest.

I feel vindicated! My friends and I were playing would you rather and the question was would you rather get inside a river with piranhas or with alligators. Everyone said alligators and I said piranhas, they all made fun of me 😢 I said that piranhas are fish and probably get a bad reputation, but an alligators I would not even make it halfway without missing a few limbs. They made fun of me for days. I am sending them this video

This reminds me of Ren and Stimpy 😂

I dunno. Why dont you ask gomez addams

Come on, I've seen The Addams Family. Watch Morticia toss a piece of meat into the piranha tank, and pull out some bones a few seconds later!

Higher risk getting bit by Suaréz. Google it

If you fall in a river in the Amazon, you should be more afraid of snakes or alligators than piranhas...

it may not be common but they can turn you into bones theres a crazy vid on the web

Another American myth.

The story I had read years ago was that when the area around the waters flood, the fish go with it. When the waters recede, the fish are stuck, and don't have access to food, and will aggressively attack what appears to be edible and enters that water.

The piranha myth is much like the "quicksand" myth.

"... as you make your way up on the shore, the piranhas happily go about their business of looking for more interesting things to eat. Unfortunately, you didn't notice the anaconda lurking in the bushes behind you so you still end up dead." 😆

Piranhas are not the only fish with teeth, it must be remembered. (I'm talking small fish, not sharks and such.) There are others that are also known to nibble on the odd foot now and again too that are arguably more of a problem than the piranhas.

Anaconda In que.

I'm a piranha! I live in the amazon!

nice video

So how did they get this human data ? I'm sure people didn't go in the water with Just skin & flesh, Probably have some kind of suit on which isn't the same

As a foreigner from outside of Brazil, I’m sure I would not like to find out one way or another.

They're wimps!

Ted talk guy. Until you don't throw yourself in red bellied infested waters. Nobody should believe you. No animal attacks when they are well full. This does not equal to saying piranhas won't devour you. Go tell this to Amazon jungle villagers. l😂 I love Americans and how they try to debunk stuff by exaggerating things. Point is. Piranhas will eat you in minutes and regardless of what you say. Never swim among them. Since you can't know when they are full. Smh

I'm more afraid of those tiny fish that swim up your pisshole