As noted on Drudge: Piranha fished out of lake -- in Arkansas!Arkansas Game and Fish Commission confirmed with Channel 7 News Sunday that a piranha was caught in Lake Bentonville last week.
According to AGFC Assistant Chief of Communications, Keith Stephens, the fish was caught on Friday. Stephens said people have caught piranhas in Arkansas before, but they don't last long.Wait, a sensible governmental bureaucrat? Give that man a promotion.
"We get a few pacus and piranhas caught from time to time. They get to big from someone's aquarium and they release them. They cannot survive our low winter water temperatures so no populations have ever been established," Stephens said.
From time to time, the same thing happens around here. Somebody "catches" a piranha or pacu in a warm water area.
The big question to me, is why haven't piranha become a problem in Florida, where the temperature would likely be adequate for their year round survival?
My guess is the Snakeheads, Oscars and Peacock Bass get them.
Wombat-socho has "Rule 5 Sunday: Station To Station" ready at The Other McCain.
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