Do Not Mess With Fish 89,

and you thought fish were fun! well fish shop owner Dave Brown did till he tried to bag a piranha, (Pygocentrus nattereri), it bit him! so deep he had to have some stitches put in his thumb, it took a chunk out of him as scooped the animal into a bag at Holmbush Pet Centre in St Austell, Cornwall, Dave, of St Austell, said he only took in the six-inch fish as a 'one-off' because the previous owner was too scared to look after it, but it appears Dave had bitten off more than he could chew! as an aside when we use to ship piranhas we used polystyrene fish box, not plastic bags, never had a problem with them, not so for this poor chap here (do not look if the sight of a cut finger with stitches makes you queasy), or this lady who was looking after her sons fish.