What happens when you fall into piranha-infested waters? - Antonio Machado-Allison

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  • Dig into the truth about piranhas and their feeding frenzies, and find out what would likely happen if you fell into their waters.
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    You’re peering into the Amazon River when, suddenly, you lose your footing and fall. Piranhas dart about in the rapidly approaching water. So, are you doomed? Will your fall trigger a feeding frenzy that will skeletonize your body within minutes? Antonio Machado-Allison shares what we know about these purportedly ferocious fish.
    Lesson by Antonio Machado-Allison, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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  • @arya9220
    @arya9220 ปีที่แล้ว +759

    I don't think i would be able to swim to the shore "calmly" if i fell from a cliff...

    • @3takoyakis
      @3takoyakis ปีที่แล้ว +49

      The splash from falling itself already attracted piranhas. Not to count if you are already blooded from the fall

    • @HarendraKumar-my4le
      @HarendraKumar-my4le ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Being bio student, I would easily do so...!😅

    • @sammyf0x
      @sammyf0x ปีที่แล้ว +8

      your comment just explains 'Dumbledore CALMLY said' things

  • @juliogaiger5221
    @juliogaiger5221 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    I can testify for this. I’ve been to the Amazon and swam in piranha infested waters. They really don’t bother you.
    How do I know there where actually piranhas in the water? If you try to fish in the same spot, with a little bit of beef, you feel the line tugging in less then 5 seconds an within a minute you have a piranha attached to your hook.
    Pretty fun experience

    • @archie2038
      @archie2038 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Then where is your leg?

    • @juliogaiger5221
      @juliogaiger5221 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@archie2038 ?

    • @PaulJohn01
      @PaulJohn01 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@juliogaiger5221 Internet humour really is lost on some people 😁😁😁😁

    • @Rice_enjoyer999
      @Rice_enjoyer999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@juliogaiger5221 they were making a joke

    • @circuloviciosamente
      @circuloviciosamente ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I was there also. I kayaked on a swamp full of piranhas. The only advice I received was: keep your feet out of the water but not for the piranhas but for the crocodiles.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko ปีที่แล้ว +763

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    • @baoquyennguyen8543
      @baoquyennguyen8543 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg❤

    • @RichardMiller-tq6ut
      @RichardMiller-tq6ut ปีที่แล้ว

      So they tell us piranhas won't turn you into a skeleton unless they notice you while insinuating they won't... how is that at all helpful?

    • @jonashassel5404
      @jonashassel5404 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @myriamickx7969
      @myriamickx7969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@RichardMiller-tq6ut
      It means don’t panick, splash around and scream, calmly wade or swim to shore. How complicated is that?

    • @RichardMiller-tq6ut
      @RichardMiller-tq6ut ปีที่แล้ว

      @@myriamickx7969 you try not panicking when they are eating your nuts and see how complicated it is. Also, did you miss the part about them eating things that don't move at all? What are you talking about being complicated?

  • @theWalserHimself
    @theWalserHimself ปีที่แล้ว +503

    There's a big difference, between falling into a river full with Piranhas and in a swimmingpool belonging to a James Bond villain.

    • @3takoyakis
      @3takoyakis ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tbh if not for the super dramatic film and books
      Piranha is nothing but regular fishes

    • @PaulKho-h1h
      @PaulKho-h1h 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      True. Experts said piranhas, like other predators, will not automatically attack unless they are provoked. The best thing to do is remain calm. You can easily get out of trouble if you take the time to calm your fears.

    • @tobe1207
      @tobe1207 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What if he was starving those ones? Then it's instant feeding frenzy

    • @Mr2dmonkey
      @Mr2dmonkey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You should test your statement,and see if it holds up.🥹

    • @andrewface2355
      @andrewface2355 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Jeremy Wade already tested this one. He filled a pool with piranhas that haven't eaten in days and went inside the pool. The piranhas ignored him.

  • @Filipe_Veras
    @Filipe_Veras ปีที่แล้ว +844

    As a Brazilian, the lore says that piranhas only attack if you are wounded or on the flooding season, most probably, both.
    About Roosevelt story, what he witnessed was a practice called “the piranha bull”, and this was legit! During the late 19th century until 1970’s the most widespread economic activity in the deep Brazil was cattle raising. The roads were nonexistent and the cattle was drived Texan Style through the wilderness, usually until the nearest fluvial harbor. Those small harbors usually could only operate during the wet season, just when the piranhas are more aggressive. And there was a lot of shallow lakes and rivers to pass by, specially in the great wetlands. Ticks were widespread, generating small wounds that could maybe trigger a piranha attack. If this happened to a large number of cows, of course none would die immediately, but could make a cattle stampede and the cowboys would need to gather them again, certainly with significant losses and a big delay. The piranhas bites would also attract even more flies, that could infest those wounds with maggots with also significant economic loss and delay, since the sick cattle would be much slower.
    The solution: when crossing a known piranha insfested water, the cowboys would choose the most old/sick bull or cow, open shallow cuts on its hide and “park” it in the middle of the water to be crossed, only then the main heard would safely cross.
    When possible, the piranha’s bull would be retrieved and killed on the other side of the river, where the cowboys would certainly camp for the night and feast on the sacrificed bull.
    Fun fact: in those “cattle areas” of Brazil the expression “piranha’s bull” is used with a very similar meaning of the expression “scape goat”.

    • @joaocalife9996
      @joaocalife9996 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I'm brazilian and didn't know that. Mad interesting. Thanks.

    • @sixteenstringjack
      @sixteenstringjack ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Wow. That’s super interesting

    • @Ivan-vt9qs
      @Ivan-vt9qs ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for sharing this!

    • @natheriver8910
      @natheriver8910 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Obrigado pela informação amigo.

    • @kisoridevidhamala6190
      @kisoridevidhamala6190 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Bro can write

  • @Vesnicie
    @Vesnicie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    "As you make your way onto dry land, the crocodile who's been watching your whole sorry escapade will promptly eat you."

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Again just like with sharks this fear of being attacked by pirhanas is not entirely based on reality they would only attack when provoked or during mating seasons. Still I would avoid their territory because they look scary to me.

    • @franciscol3510
      @franciscol3510 ปีที่แล้ว

      Colonizers getting into places they shouldn't be, doing things they shouldn't do, and beign horrified when the things they disturbed try to take back their space from them... a tale as old as colonialism

    • @Neloish
      @Neloish ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But sharks really do eat people.

    • @Sunflowersarepretty
      @Sunflowersarepretty ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Neloish when they are provoked.

    • @himanbam
      @himanbam ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Sunflowersareprettythey also don't eat you if you are far away from them on land

    • @abigailthebagel
      @abigailthebagel ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Neloish Extremely rarely. You have greater chance of being killed by a coconut, a toaster, or an elephant than by a shark. They're also essential for the ecosystem, and without them, we get a rise in things like certain jellyfish which can actually be very dangerous (I had a sting when I was growing up, thankfully it was super mild).

  • @victor9
    @victor9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It's one of those: "as a kid I thought this will be a major obstacle in my life" like falling in quick sand or melting in acid rain 😅😅😅.

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain ปีที่แล้ว +127

    In Roosevelt's defense, while his account was circumstantial and misinformed, it did get people to try and leave piranhas alone or at the very least, not to underestimate them. Still, it's always good to learn fact from fiction, especially when the fiction has some truth tangled in like Christmas tree lights.

    • @himanbam
      @himanbam ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Are you just saying christmas lights get tangled, or is there some half truths to do with christmas lights out there?

    • @KTChamberlain
      @KTChamberlain ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@himanbam Tangled.

    • @lup1up
      @lup1up 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@himanbam had the same question lol. Was ready to get my Christmas light world rocked hah

  • @sushilchandaragi
    @sushilchandaragi ปีที่แล้ว +2427

    As a piranha I can say that we don't attack humans unless we are disturbed.

    • @happyfamily7375
      @happyfamily7375 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Wait what oh now i know what happend to my water proof phone that fell in the ocean a piranha took it to use it fore him self

    • @pitipiti_
      @pitipiti_ ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I feel like only Brazilians will fully understand this LOL

    • @august6281
      @august6281 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      so, human's splash from falling to the water is the only trigger?
      Goodluck to us not disturbing you

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@pitipiti_tbh im lucky god never made me a brazilian if not i probably wont enjoy swimming

    • @obvv7714
      @obvv7714 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a piranha I can say this other piranha commenter is lying so more humans go in the water for us to eat.

  • @luistan5013
    @luistan5013 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I swam in the amazon and let me tell you. The thought of piranhas is very hard to shake off

  • @the_luggage
    @the_luggage ปีที่แล้ว +222

    I once ethically fished for piranhas in the middle of the Amazon. It was totally different to most types of fishing, you had to use your bait to mimic a dying fish by splashing it about in a certain way.

    • @its_dey_mate
      @its_dey_mate ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Dude, the top comment rn is a bot that stole yours, I saw it and needed to see the real person, gosh it's so shameless and youtube is doing jack sh*t to fix it

    • @JohannesKnowNothing
      @JohannesKnowNothing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who cares@@its_dey_mate

    • @Bob-dx6sb
      @Bob-dx6sb ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@its_dey_matecope

    • @himanbam
      @himanbam ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is ethical fishing?

    • @Bob-dx6sb
      @Bob-dx6sb ปีที่แล้ว

      @@himanbam quiet, naive

  • @randomthings587
    @randomthings587 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Explaining a childhood fear:

    • @L17_8
      @L17_8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @lilyandryankoolkid1994
      @lilyandryankoolkid1994 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@L17_8 YES WE KNOW! STOP SPAMMING

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      @rose-a-bleu4281 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@L17_8y’all have been saying the end times are happening for years now😭 give it a break

    • @nicklindberg90
      @nicklindberg90 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Next up: quicksand

    • @blyat5352
      @blyat5352 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cringe

  • @Macieks300
    @Macieks300 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The animation in this video was so great. I love how literally it was depicting everything that was being said.

    • @ayourboy7855
      @ayourboy7855 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      am i the only one who saw haisenberg at 1:36 ?

  • @markmunroe-hz8rf
    @markmunroe-hz8rf ปีที่แล้ว +552

    As a piranha I am glad a human has helped cast of such stereotypes of my species.
    Thanks 👍

    • @SirsasthNigam.
      @SirsasthNigam. ปีที่แล้ว +5

      and is your name Mark Munroe?

    • @markmunroe-hz8rf
      @markmunroe-hz8rf ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@SirsasthNigam. No, Chomps Munroe, thank you😁

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@markmunroe-hz8rfyour such a chomper

    • @annabellethedoll3764
      @annabellethedoll3764 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a ragdoll, I wonder how can you use a smart phone under the water?

    • @daizdamien1409
      @daizdamien1409 ปีที่แล้ว

      why do you think human flesh is not better than that of fish

  • @paramesravichandran1360
    @paramesravichandran1360 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "They usually have better things to eat."
    You got me there!😂 Great video TED! The visuals never failed to impress the audience. I am interested in the topics on Piranhas from the day I got to know about them. And this video resolved one question that has been lingering in my mind for so long.🐟

  • @rollintweeds234
    @rollintweeds234 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Thank you, TED-Ed, for so convincingly and creatively demolishing the libels attending these fish. Love the writing, particularly the suspenseful framing device and Teddy-as-Bully-Inflamer slant. Wondering how to tell when it's mating season, though, just in case.

  • @carlosusnay2216
    @carlosusnay2216 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    If you’re in the water, I’d be more concerned about leeches, pink dolphin pods, and bacteria than the piranha.

    • @vivida7160
      @vivida7160 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Or just drowning.

    • @MaryDunford
      @MaryDunford ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@vivida7160😅👍

    • @NZ_BraveHeart_0120
      @NZ_BraveHeart_0120 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What about the candiru fish?
      The fish that does this: 👇
      🍆⬅️🐟 ➕ 🩸🥤

    • @celestine5340
      @celestine5340 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      electric eels seem to be quite a danger in those areas where piranha's live.

    • @haparcheledupwar
      @haparcheledupwar ปีที่แล้ว

      Or CNN misleading stories 😂😂

  • @brunokopte1347
    @brunokopte1347 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    South Brazilian here. You'll see local kids playing on the "piranha-infested waters". They swim better than you, can quickly figure out if there's something actually dangerous in the water (giant otter families scare off jaguars that can break open turtle shells), eat piranhas from time to time (part of local catch that people don't buy from fishers). We had a hanging mask made out of wood, seeds, fish scales and piranha mandibles.
    PS: you'll regret not tasting the local fruits. Raw, ice-creams, juices, whatever. Just try them.

    • @myaccount4699
      @myaccount4699 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Didn’t know there is piranhas in the South Region of Brazil.

    • @brunokopte1347
      @brunokopte1347 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@myaccount4699 Yes and no.
      I was talking about the northern regions. Didn't realize how ambiguous I worded my first comment. I'm sorry for this.
      However, there are piranhas in the South Region, as they have spread through Brazilian rivers and became an invasive species in biomes around here. This is somewhat recent, during the last couple years.

    • @hammerfall6666
      @hammerfall6666 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@brunokopte1347does piranhas taste good?

    • @jin_cotl
      @jin_cotl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hammerfall6666depends how good you are at cooking, the better you are the tastier

  • @chribu_
    @chribu_ ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I did a voluntary year in Peru and on weekends we often went to a nearby lake for swimming that also had piranhas living in it. Over the course of a year we had it like two to three times that one of the fish would try snacking on someones toe. That would then cause a small wound but by all means wasn‘t enough to bite the toe off or anything. And it surely wasn‘t enough to keep us from swimming there.

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I Think a bite from a piranha would be enough to keep me out of the water, unless I was on fire.

    • @MaiTai16
      @MaiTai16 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Reminds me of growing up in Maryland and being told not to put our feet in the lakes out an abundance of caution of snapping turtles, which I was told *will* take a toe.

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@MaiTai16 Note to self: No swimming in the Amazon or Maryland.

  • @flameofhades8553
    @flameofhades8553 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Stereotypes can be destructive especially when there is a lack of knowledge. Thanks for this information, TED

  • @harrymills2770
    @harrymills2770 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I knew a kid in college who had a piranha. They're unbelievably strong fish. Built like a rock.

  • @thebelissima64
    @thebelissima64 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Back in 2015 a six year old girl died in Brazil, having only the flesh from her legs devoured by piranhas. She was in a boat with her grandmother and four other children when the vessel capsized in a storm. It is believed she drowned before the attack.😢

  • @gijbuis
    @gijbuis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The story is that in Birmingham UK they built a big aquarium in a below ground pit in the middle of a traffic circle. They filled the aquarium with a variety of tropical fish, including so-called vegetarian Pirhanhas. Within two weeks only the 'vegetarian' Piranhas remained....

  • @abarzilai0334
    @abarzilai0334 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They taste great in a nice tomato broth, I ate one in Brazil and even went fishing for them at a resort.

  • @theharshtruth8563
    @theharshtruth8563 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a person who doesn't live near piranhas, i see this as an absolute win.

  • @briantaylor9285
    @briantaylor9285 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Piranha: "Er, you should probably worry more about THIS fish," 🤨👉
    Candiru: 😁

  • @zenebean
    @zenebean ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Appreciate the look at pirahna diversity, it's super cool to me

  • @jordanpurks8900
    @jordanpurks8900 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The speaker is the best speaker you guys have. Love his voice

  • @MyUniqueVibe
    @MyUniqueVibe ปีที่แล้ว +30

    So you’re telling me Piranha 3D wasn’t an accurate depiction of piranha behaviour! 😮 who woulda thunked it.

    • @alexandradelliou
      @alexandradelliou ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That beginning scene literally gave me nightmares as a kid...

    • @jd-zr3vk
      @jd-zr3vk ปีที่แล้ว

      Those were prehistoric piranha. They behave more aggressively.

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, atleast Meg is based on science and fact.

    • @Me4-gc8qs
      @Me4-gc8qs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was that the one when the one were in the swimming pool then released in the river? chlorinated pool water would have killed them all. Stopped watching the movie after that scene.

  • @HumanStateOfEmergency
    @HumanStateOfEmergency 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely LOVE the animation!!! The piranhas and their little faces are so cute. Thank you for taking the time to make this. It was fun to watch and super educational. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @AMPlajfljlbalnb
    @AMPlajfljlbalnb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Somehow I really like the voice in these movies, it's clear and calming

  • @RidireOiche
    @RidireOiche ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You're basically saying that my go-to emergency plan to eat the piranhas first is a worse idea than everyone thought.

  • @jaythor70
    @jaythor70 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The story I had read years ago was that when the area around the waters flood, the fish go with it. When the waters recede, the fish are stuck, and don't have access to food, and will aggressively attack what appears to be edible and enters that water.

  • @macmedia1000
    @macmedia1000 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please make more History vs videos Ted, your amazing

    • @Tuturial464
      @Tuturial464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      History vs the atomic bomb

    • @Bob-dx6sb
      @Bob-dx6sb ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Tuturial464History vs what I did to your mother last night

  • @christopheredale
    @christopheredale ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I speak for us all.. Please never change narrators ‼️

  • @MikaelaKMajorHistory
    @MikaelaKMajorHistory 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This animation style gives the piranhas so much personality

  • @MollanPollzan
    @MollanPollzan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to work in a pet store many years ago. They had piranhas in a really cold fishtank. I stuck my hand in there to clean the glass from the inside with a scraper. They never touched me. They went to the other side of the tank and just looked at me.

  • @richie4735
    @richie4735 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Had my prom at an aquarium one year. My buddy threw a chicken tender in the piranha tank but they wanted nothing to do with it

  • @youtubeusername1489
    @youtubeusername1489 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "probably pleased to find no chunk of flesh missing'
    That one guy who wanted to lose his chunk of flesh: "aw man'

  • @astick5249
    @astick5249 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the look of disappointment on the piranha when the worm retraced itself underground

  • @respectableaf9061
    @respectableaf9061 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Piranha's are the Chihuahuas of water, bark worse than their bite.

    • @Wintercrow1
      @Wintercrow1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Perhaps perhaps... But have you ever seen someone swarmed by 200 Chihuahua!!! It's a death sentence! A death sentence!

    • @respectableaf9061
      @respectableaf9061 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Wintercrow1 That is true though

  • @richardgomes3228
    @richardgomes3228 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Couldn't turn this video off quick enough!

  • @CHKurono
    @CHKurono ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video's literally...
    Amazon Explorer: *Falls to a Piranha river*
    Also Amazon Explorer: *Anime flashbacks and reciting of the character's backstory*

  • @josiahb.1598
    @josiahb.1598 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's my first time to watch a TED-Ed animation like this and I really like it!!

  • @adriand2895
    @adriand2895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing animation which makes the video more watchable. Reminds me of childhood cartoons😀

  • @MrsJudithWright
    @MrsJudithWright ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As always great topic, fun animation, narration great, but don't forget the script - someone, or a team, wrote those words and it's tight, interesting and fun.

  • @jamesbevan9939
    @jamesbevan9939 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when Penn & Teller disproved this myth about a decade ago - when Teller jumped into a tank filled with piranhas.

  • @Rob_Dekker
    @Rob_Dekker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Weren’t there attacks in Argentina some years ago in the Paraná river. I read at least 15 people were injured during that attack. It was also rare for the piranhas to be there. Usually the water is not their temperature so they stay higher up the river.

  • @juanrangel6880
    @juanrangel6880 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:24. Lolol. Reminds me of the Tom and Jerry yell!!😂😂😂

  • @ddsmitty1
    @ddsmitty1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fish leave you alone, but now you’re covered with leaches.

  • @rmdhndwi
    @rmdhndwi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when i was a boy, early 2000's, when internet isn't as strict as it is now
    I once stumble a video, an excavator accidently plummeted into amazon river, with the operator in it
    Once they salvage the wreck not long after, the operator clothing was intact, but his body was no more than bones, still attach with some muscle
    It still leaves a mark in my brain 😅

  • @Venombomb3
    @Venombomb3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wonderful video, very informative! Quick question: what about leeches? The media and Entertainment industry portrays explorers wading through neck-deep jungle water, only for them to rip off their shirt and find a torso covered in leeches. Are leeches present in piranha territory?

    • @Filipe_Veras
      @Filipe_Veras ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello there. Short answer: yes.
      Long answer: leeches exists all over the world (they are very old animals and had time to disperse). There are over 500 species, most of them in fresh water, but there are species that live in the mud and even salt water species.
      Swim away…

  • @maitrimishra784
    @maitrimishra784 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very nice animation, i laughed so hard when the fish tried to eat some other fish scales 😆😆😆

  • @WilAdams
    @WilAdams 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having read Teddy's book, a friend and I went to the Amazon, where we explored the river. We did two things that we thought of as 'scary' when we got there: A) swimming with Piranha, and B) wresting an Anaconda--something we had seen Marlin Perkins do on an episode of Wild Kingdom. When the boat captain pointed over the side at a school of red bellied Piranha. Scott (my friend) and I dove into the water--right into the center of the school. Neither of us had any doubt that these fish would not eat us, and we were correct. Later we saw a coiled up anaconda on the bank, but that is a different..

  • @m.scottreeder
    @m.scottreeder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The main actor of the early 1960s TV western, “Rawhide”, was Eric Fleming. His death in the mid ‘60s occurred in South America, where he was involved in a film in production.
    Conflicting accounts of how he was killed range from a tragic drowning, to being eaten by piranhas. I’m not sure.

  • @Ilhan111
    @Ilhan111 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Fun fact: There has never been an official recorded death due to piranha attack.

    • @sbtig9637
      @sbtig9637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, Captain obvious

    • @agateslate7939
      @agateslate7939 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn
      To me those holliwood movies the only premier source what i know bout piranha

    • @hilariousname6826
      @hilariousname6826 ปีที่แล้ว

      How is that remotely "obvious"?@@sbtig9637

    • @ijustwannabeadrummer
      @ijustwannabeadrummer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m gonna call bs on that “ fun fact”

    • @Ilhan111
      @Ilhan111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ijustwannabeadrummer alas, you thought i'd give a f?

  • @AndrewChavez-x7c
    @AndrewChavez-x7c 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was working at the pet store we used to feed the piranhas by hand as long as you have no cuts they softly eat and know not to actually bite you it's pretty cool

  • @danlemongton7534
    @danlemongton7534 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually, as long as you're calm and not bleeding and/or thrashing around, even starving piranhas won't attack you. Jeremy Wade, a highly respected marine biologist, proved this when he purposely starved a pool full of piranhas on the first ever episode of 'River Monsters", then calmly swam with them and didn't get a single bite from them. (It should be noted that he did this in an attempt to prove that piranhas aren't the bloodthirsty monster's media portrays them as).

  • @Echo81Rumple83
    @Echo81Rumple83 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    whether Teddy was trolled by the natives back then or not, the water is still not good to fall in not because4 of the piranhas alone. there cold be bigger, nastier critters with a more powerful bite (snapping turtles and crocodiles come to mind), or it's been used as Big Oil's personal toxic dumping ground for their explore, extract, exploit and exterminate operations.

  • @rlc212
    @rlc212 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should actually be concerned about the Candiru, the truly most feared fish in the Amazon and creature that seems to be the product of nightmares.

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Heck, even the piranha isn’t as scary as the candiru!

  • @WarTankofThought
    @WarTankofThought ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ted Ed: Calmly softly swimming…is generally recommended because splashing is thought to attract piranhas.
    Me: So you’re saying I have no chance of survival?

  • @AloisAgos
    @AloisAgos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More people eat piranhas than the other way around. Apparently they are a delicacy in local populations.

  • @redfoxnutella3926
    @redfoxnutella3926 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was really knowledgeable

  • @danielcrafter9349
    @danielcrafter9349 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A friend's mum used to have 12 red-bellied piranha in a huge tank
    Fed them raw chicken by hand - she's never been bitten

    • @aturniakane4539
      @aturniakane4539 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      humans are supposed to taste like pork. maybe they aren't allowed to eat pork.

  • @joshm3484
    @joshm3484 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've seen piranhas feeding and they will frenzy, usually when they sense the fish they're attacking is about to die.
    As long as a person is still active and moving, I imagine a few piranha would take a bite here and there. Probably of cloth. But not swarm you. I can see a large school stripping a cattle carcass fairly quickly once they know it's dead and won't move.

  • @NTav540
    @NTav540 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am from the Amazon. And I will tell you, I have swam in piranha infested water my whole life. What makes a difference is whether or not if you have a wound. If you let out a single drop or get somehow a bleeding wound, you WILL be attacked.

  • @plat6164
    @plat6164 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for erasing my fears

  • @smokejaguar67
    @smokejaguar67 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I lived in Guyana many years ago and my amerinidan guide while traveling down the Esquibo river in a motor launch, told me that piranhas sometimes kill people, and at certain times of the year it is dangerous to go swimming - he would know!

  • @ahmadburhanhabibi
    @ahmadburhanhabibi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Piranha used to terrorize me as a kid

  • @Pizza_Crusader
    @Pizza_Crusader 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:15 arm joint go brrrrrrrr

  • @TomFooleryTheAustere
    @TomFooleryTheAustere 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol, a few of the comments here talking about swimming in the Amazon, not being attacked by piranha, then afterwards, went fishing for said piranha.

  • @swartzautoman2
    @swartzautoman2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Soooo
    Crazy fact here
    Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri has the highest concentration of piranha in the US.

  • @marisirosaurus8987
    @marisirosaurus8987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I fell into the Amazon river, I would just consider myself dead

  • @Rick_King
    @Rick_King 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Come on, I've seen The Addams Family. Watch Morticia toss a piece of meat into the piranha tank, and pull out some bones a few seconds later!

  • @rozitasulaiman2923
    @rozitasulaiman2923 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never been this early for a TED-Ed video.

  • @brucegay9569
    @brucegay9569 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I fell in i'd probably be more concerned about the possible caimans or anacondas in the water than piranhas.

  • @Clara-by3gn
    @Clara-by3gn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a Brazilian is just common knowledge to don't swim in piranhas rivers/ lakes when on your period, or close to if, and if you have any wound

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      @jonashassel5404 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @_official_royalty9646
    @_official_royalty9646 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We all bite when mating is disturbed 😂

  • @MelodyDobrinin
    @MelodyDobrinin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah, I’ve swum in the Amazon river many times and it’s fine. Everyone does it. We also went piranha fishing on the same trip. If I was going to worry about any Brazilian wildlife, it would be their crazy parasites.

  • @The_Badseed
    @The_Badseed 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So much for all those good movies I've seen

  • @koba1980
    @koba1980 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are many piranha attacks in South America, most caused by swimmers who cause disturbances in the water... and if one piranha bites you, others will bite you too.

  • @ScreaminMime
    @ScreaminMime ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to have a tank [125 gallon] of 6. Once they got hand size nothing else I put in there would survive for long; Oscars, Jack Demspies, cat fish even crawfish. You could hear them hit the lid every now and then and they would rise to the surface whenever I opened it to put in the free Fish of the Month I'd pcik up when getting the gold fish/bay mice/whatver I decided to feed them that week.

  • @MrMarkOlson
    @MrMarkOlson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The piranha myth is much like the "quicksand" myth.

  • @harjjw
    @harjjw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a piranha I can confirm that we do not bite or eat on flesh, human or pet. We highly encourage you to come swim with us

  • @michaelsheedy
    @michaelsheedy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most predatory animals are pretty cautious and will size up a situation before doing anything. And most have an instinctual fear of humans unless injured.

  • @lebasilica9624
    @lebasilica9624 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always refreshing to find stereotypes quashed by careful studies without a loaded objective. Thank you TED-Ed

  • @mirrorblue100
    @mirrorblue100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whew - that was close. Now safely back on dry land your only worry is the Mapinguari.

  • @rolandliana
    @rolandliana ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On average 5 people gets killed by sharks each year. In 2022, 4 people got killed by piranhas. Since Sharks are all over the world, and piranhas are much more local, they are far more dangerous than sharks.

  • @golfrepcitizen
    @golfrepcitizen ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's seems to be a lot of conditions that need to be met in order for piranhas NOT to attack. This video did little, if any, to dispel their reputation as killers

  • @caesarsalad77
    @caesarsalad77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now watch out for that quicksand!

  • @DieserLukas
    @DieserLukas 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love them!

  • @kyonthirtytwo2456
    @kyonthirtytwo2456 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are they named after the river Parana? I heard about people loosing a nose when swimming in the river, druring a dry spell.

  • @kraizyace2612
    @kraizyace2612 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would be more worried about falling into a river full of territorial Giant River Otters than a piranha-infested river.

  • @devaridproject30
    @devaridproject30 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even if they aren't dangerous, it doesn't mean you should try swimming there.
    You never know when your luck will leave you.

  • @Siulenb
    @Siulenb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have swum in a big river with piranhas, I didn't get hurt because of the same explanation of the video, but piranhas can be annoying when you're fishing, and piranhs taste is not good compared to other fish taste, in addition piranhas have a lot bones.

  • @joaovictorpalmeida
    @joaovictorpalmeida 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    being amazonian myself this is a funny video, because piranhas wouldn‘t make the top 100 things that could kill you there, nobody would be afraid of them here 😂

  • @peterkang6677
    @peterkang6677 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Humans: piranhas hunt in packs and eat you alive in minutes
    piranhas: crocodiles so scary, lets swim together to avoid being eaten

  • @CarpeNoctem135
    @CarpeNoctem135 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was a kid I thought being caught on fire, quick sand, and piranhas were real problems. Now I know it’s taxes and bills and I’d rather deal with the quicksand.

  • @wijaksaraharya183
    @wijaksaraharya183 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you fall into the Amazon River, you would probably more concerned about crocodiles than piranhas