The fish is an invasive species that's usually found throughout the Amazon and other parts of South America.
An Oklahoma boy recently discovered a Piranha-like fish called a Pacu while fishing.An Oklahoma boy’s catch of the day is what nightmares are made of.” horror film, a young angler, Charlie Clinton, reeled in a fish with humanlike teeth while fishing in a local pond over the weekend.
The catch in question turned out to be a pacu, a close relative of the piranha, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said in aThe ODWC explained that the unsettling fish, which is not native to the area, has been “caught in a few fisheries in Oklahoma before,” but usually as the “result of individuals buying them as pets and releasing them when they outgrow their tank.”“That’s terrifying,” one Facebook user commented.
Though pacu can “reach sizes up to 3.5 feet and 88 pounds,” the ODWC said, they are “generally harmless to humans.”
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