The exotic fish was caught in the Gulf of Finland. This is the second case in a month of detecting piranhas in urban water bodies
In the Gulf of Finland, fishermen caught a piranha. It can be assumed that the appearance in the northern latitudes of the outlandish fish habitually living in the Amazon basin is not to blame for global warming, but for lovers of exotic animals, writes Fontanka.ru.
In the water area of the Severnaya Verf shipyard, they have been fishing for a long time - in the summer they bite perfectly, sabrefish and pike perch come across, but the piranha caught the eye of fishermen for the first time.
Eyewitnesses say that overseas crabs and exotic fish have long been noticed in the Gulf of Finland. Sea emigrants enter our waters together with foreign ships, which, when they go to our country empty, collect ballast water - during loading in St. Petersburg, this water is drained and the inhabitants of the seabed begin to adapt in our environment. So various overseas fish and crabs swim in the bay and the Neva.
Recall that this is the second case in a month of detecting piranhas in the city's reservoirs. So, on August 8, a piranha was caught in the city center in the Neva. The assumptions were very different - this is either some kind of oriental specimen, or in general a mutant - a victim of bad ecology.
However, the ichthyopathologist Oleg Yunchis reassured that this piranha is not a threat to humans. "Black paco" is a vegetarian, even his teeth are dull and wide, like those of ruminants. It feeds on plant leaves, loves nuts and bananas. How the piranha got into the Neva is still unknown, Vesti-Petersburg reports.