Friday, February 20, 2004
One never knows what one will find when reading the news at 3 a.m. ...
Piranha found in the Thames
from iTV.com
9.33AM, 20 Feb 2004
A deadly piranha fish has been found in the Thames, the Environment Agency has revealed.
The 10cm killer with razor sharp teeth was dropped on to the deck of a boat on the Thames by a seagull, it is believed.
It is thought its owner had released it into the Thames - where it soon died because of the cold and was picked up by the bird.
It was dropped on to the deck of the Thames Bubbler at Halfway Reach in Dagenham, east London - more than 5,000 miles away from its tropical home in the Amazon River in South America.
Crew on the boat, owned by Thames Water and used to pump oxygen into the water to keep fish alive, suspected it was a piranha - but could not work out what the fish was doing on the Thames.
It was fresh and had only just died with marks from the seagull's beak still on its back.
Piranha found in the Thames
from iTV.com
9.33AM, 20 Feb 2004
A deadly piranha fish has been found in the Thames, the Environment Agency has revealed.
The 10cm killer with razor sharp teeth was dropped on to the deck of a boat on the Thames by a seagull, it is believed.
It is thought its owner had released it into the Thames - where it soon died because of the cold and was picked up by the bird.
It was dropped on to the deck of the Thames Bubbler at Halfway Reach in Dagenham, east London - more than 5,000 miles away from its tropical home in the Amazon River in South America.
Crew on the boat, owned by Thames Water and used to pump oxygen into the water to keep fish alive, suspected it was a piranha - but could not work out what the fish was doing on the Thames.
It was fresh and had only just died with marks from the seagull's beak still on its back.
