Girl 'eaten by piranhas': How common are piranha attacks?

Retrieved 22 June During these times the land is flooded and the piranha are able to swim among the bases of these trees and eat the fallen fruit not attack humans. Book sheds amazing new light on the What isn't so well-known is that the fish Roosevelt watched had been carefully corralled in a large group by local fishermen and starved of food for several days. Delicious, they are considered easy pickings by most Amazon basin predators, including man. This fish seems to have a fairly good life without too much trouble.