Tooth and Claw: Piranhas
Adam Hart investigates a frenzied and voracious fish from South America – the piranha!
In this episode we’re talking about a frenzied and voracious fish from South America – the piranha! In Tooth and Claw, Adam Hart explores our complex and challenging relationships with Earth’s greatest predators - through the people who have spent their lives studying, protecting and, at times, narrowly escaping them!
Said to be able to strip their prey to the bone in mere minutes – what role did former United States President Theodore Roosevelt have in creating the piranha’s reputation? From feeding frenzies to bubbling bloodbaths there are plenty of gruesome stories about shoals of these hardy fish in the freshwaters of South America – but are these tales true? Adam dispels myths with two piranha experts who work closely with these ferocious fish, including out in the Amazon!
