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Oct 31, 2010: Fish Story
From the Austrian Times comes the story of Dan Nowak entering a fishing contest at, "a power station reservoir in Rybnik, Poland".
The punchline is. "he hooked a monster 49-inch Piranha". Say what? Piranha? Poland? WTF? 
Now looking at the photo, either Dan is one badass mo-fo, or that fish ain't even close to 49 inches. Maybe 18 or 20, tops.
| Nowak, 28, claims he hooked the normally tropical brute in a stretch of warm water heated by a power station... |
But the really strange part, nobody would believe it's a Piranha, because of it's teeth.
It looks like it ate a human, and swallowed everything but the dentures.
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But experts are wondering if Nowak's fishy tale is really the whole tooth. "There's something distinctly strange about the piranha's teeth and it's a huge fish - twice what you would expect," said one. But officials at Bukow Mini-Zoo - where the fish is now on show - confirmed: "It was probably dumped by an owner who didn't realise how large it would get." |
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Gravdigr Sunday Oct 31 03:21 AM
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Oct 31 04:15 AM
No what?
ZenGum Sunday Oct 31 05:30 AM
I guess he caught it with a fishing pole.
49 centimetres would look about right. Inches, harrumph.
SPUCK Sunday Oct 31 06:31 AM
Yeah, that's what I was going to say - 49cm and 
Trilby Sunday Oct 31 07:28 AM
OMG. That thing is disgusting!
I've been watching a lot of TV lately (don't ask why) and there are a TON of lake monsters out there - not just ol' Nessie.
there are four in Canada, one here in the US (Lake Champlain monster called Champ) and there's one in just about every large lake anywhere. I got to wondering --- who swims in those lakes? I sure as hell wouldn't. *shiver*
onetrack Sunday Oct 31 07:58 AM
When you haul something like that in ..... you should always be aware ... its MOMMY is lurking around somewhere ..... 
Sundae Sunday Oct 31 08:11 AM
It's been a bad week for bad week for monstrously big animals.
Someone shot the Emperor of Exmoor - a giant stag.
Apparently, anyway (there is confusion since)
It was supposedly the largest wild animal in Britain.
I haven't had any reports that it was wearing dentures though.
spudcon Sunday Oct 31 09:23 AM
If there's confusion, send the venison to the Cellar. We'll taste it all, and let you know.
capnhowdy Sunday Oct 31 12:45 PM
Who's heating up the grease?
Sheldonrs Sunday Oct 31 12:47 PM
I see my plan for breeding humans with fish is working!
andcal Sunday Oct 31 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Now looking at the photo, either Dan is one badass mo-fo, or that fish ain't even close to 49 inches. Maybe 18 or 20, tops.
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I feel fairly confident in saying that they do not use inches in Europe.
andcal
Gravdigr Sunday Oct 31 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by spudcon
If there's confusion, send the venison to the Cellar. We'll taste it all, and let you know.
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Originally Posted by capnhowdy
Who's heating up the grease? |
Gravdigr Sunday Oct 31 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
No what?
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monster Sunday Oct 31 08:46 PM
Those are my grandad's teeth!
Clodfobble Monday Nov 1 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by andcal
Maybe it was 49 cm, which equals 19.3 inches.
I feel fairly confident in saying that they do not use inches in Europe. andcal |
Pete Zicato Monday Nov 1 10:12 AM
Those aren't piranha teeth. These are piranha teeth:
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glatt Monday Nov 1 10:32 AM
Maybe a big one is older and has been wearing its teeth down longer.
classicman Monday Nov 1 11:17 AM
Its most likely a Pacu. I'm not sure how he caught it though since it is a vegetarian species.
xoxoxoBruce Monday Nov 1 04:11 PM
It could be a Pacu, he said he was fishing for Carp, so he might have been using a baitball. That's something a Pacu, especially that size, might gobble whole.
classicman Monday Nov 1 05:00 PM
That makes infinitely more sense. I admit to not reading the article.
tulzscha Thursday Nov 4 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
It could be a Pacu....
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Oh, just one more thing... Pacu are well(?)-known for their human-like teeth.
Clodfobble Thursday Nov 4 12:27 AM
I've always said that humans are well-known for their Pacu-like teeth. After all, evolutionarily speaking, I'm pretty sure they had them first.
classicman Thursday Nov 4 09:48 AM
I thought it was a Pacu, but I had no idea how big they got...
Sundae Thursday Nov 4 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by andcal
Maybe it was 49 cm, which equals 19.3 inches.
I feel fairly confident in saying that they do not use inches in Europe. |
For example I do not know my height in centimetres, despite being brought up in the metric age. Ditto weight in kg. And we still talk about miles, although I'm more likely to use metres for smaller distances (blame athletics)
I do deal in degrees celsius though.
Just to be difficult.
Clodfobble Thursday Nov 4 05:55 PM
Yabbut you don't talk about weight in pounds either. You use stones, ya bunch of weirdos.
ZenGum Friday Nov 5 07:13 AM
Is that photo to scale?
HungLikeJesus Friday Nov 5 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Is that photo to scale?
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xoxoxoBruce Friday Nov 5 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Is that photo to scale?
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glatt Friday Nov 5 11:00 AM
how is he holding it with just one hand that's off center? You might assume his other hand is in back, but what could he possibly be holding onto there? There don't appear to be any fins on the sides of the fish. That picture looks all weird. Maybe he's stabbing it with a knife on the other side and holding it that way.
classicman Friday Nov 5 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Is that photo to scale?
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Makes the fish look ginormous.
Maybe its shopped.. Shrug...
ETA - Just google "Pacu" and look at the images... there are a ton of them.
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