Piranha Bites Off Toddler's Fingertip

Amy Kopchak June 23, 2012 at 07:44 pm

What kind of parent keeps a pet pirahna around a small child? It's just plain irresponsible. Parents today need to wake up & put their child's needs above the parents' wants.

april frick June 23, 2012 at 10:01 pm

Parent? What kind of PERSON has a pirahna as a pet? Whats wrong with people in general?

Red Sam Rackham June 23, 2012 at 10:08 pm

A pirhana in a fishtank that a small child can have access to?!?!?!? Gee, do these nincompoops also have a pet pit bull?

Red Sam Rackham June 23, 2012 at 10:10 pm

To april frick; What kind of person has a pet pirhana (which eat live goldfish aka feeder fish)? The same kind who'd have a pet snake that eats live white mice (aka feeder mice).

r bond June 24, 2012 at 02:42 am

Originally the mom thought their pet pit bull was guilty of biting the finger. Wonder if they also have a pet boa constrictor that they leave alone with the 18-month old kid?

Kurt June 24, 2012 at 11:09 am

Pet pit bull? Pit bulls are kind gentle loving pets, unfortunatly they get A bad rap from a few bad people who train them to be mean.

Mary Beth June 25, 2012 at 03:36 pm

It is irresponsible to own a predatory fish that can cause such harm to an innocent child. To compare it to a breed of dog, i.e. pit bulls, is unfair. Any breed of dog can bite if left unsupervised with a young child. It is bad owners that make mean dogs, not the individual breed. You can't train a piranha; you can train a dog-any dog. What is even more tragic, is the fact that you can't seem to train some people. And sadly, those people can reproduce.

Jackie June 26, 2012 at 09:44 am

All you people are ignorant, you could say what kind of people all damn day, but the truth is accidents happen to the best of people!

tonya June 30, 2012 at 01:15 pm

Certainly, this is a small bump in this child's life. I wouldn't call the parents irresponsible because the child has gotten thru 18 months without a previous incident. All it takes is one time where she witnesses someone put their hand in the tank, to get an idea (where as the parents may have assumed that since she has never done it, she would never do it) of her own. This is a wake up call to the parents to be more diligent with their curious toddler now that she is no longer helpless & immobile. If that means getting rid of dangerous pets until they can be taught to be alert for hazardous situations then they will have to do it. The baby will also need to learn respect for animals as she ages. If parents aren't willing then they may wanna consider owning beta fish & pet rocks! I applaud his willingness to take immediate action on.his child's behalf, even if the animal lost its life. Pitbull are loving & gentle, but have a higher rate of unpredicted/unprovoked attack, & a higher rate of mortality for a child victim especially with their powerful jaws & locking mechanism. Training aside, there is a gray area of information for why their natural instincts kick in that humans can't train out of Any dog. small children can look like small prey. Glad it wasn't the dog, glad that this is an accident that they can all learn & bounce back from. So sorry that they are being disqualified for parenthood, intelligence, or humanity for this one accident.

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