piranhas eat mouse

Omg it's real life everybody freak out!
Yes some fish eat live animals, fact of life.
But for the purposes of this site it's best not to post these videos, because you will just get flamed. Everytime.
Might as well close this thread now lol
 
You'd probably get a better response on MFK. Personally, not something I'd care to see.
 
I enjoyed the video - thanks for posting.
I would like to get piranhas, but would be afraid to stick my hand in the tank to clean...
 
Omg it's real life everybody freak out!
Yes some fish eat live animals, fact of life.
But for the purposes of this site it's best not to post these videos, because you will just get flamed. Everytime.
Might as well close this thread now lol

LOL....considering the title the OP used....wish more of the posters/flamers would just avoid clicking...if they did and then complained it is their own comprehension fault. They could go live in WI.
 
Yes, it is the fact of life that piranhas eat animals. I see noting wrong with feeding them what they would consume in the wild but there is one problem. The mouse (it seems) was one of the frozen ones you buy at the big box pet shops and while they are alright once in awhile, there is no way to tell what went into the mouse before it was given to the fish. In the wild a mouse would be eating all sorts of nutrients that could in turn be passed on to the fish. Good right? In this case the mouse was bred to be food. The company that breeds them (depending on which one) is trying to push out as many as they can for as cheep as they can so those nutrients that wild fish would get are not there for your fish. With this in mind it would be better to either raise your own food (please no videos) or buy prepared food that contains the needed vitamins and minerals. An alternative to mice that is not bloodworms are eathworms. Many people feed them to large fish and bait shops have them for very little cost, plus it would keep some of that same interesting bahavior that you clearly like to see.
 
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