Piranha caught in Siberian river
Published: 26 May, 2009, 13:49
A fisherman in the Siberian city of Barnaul returned from the river Ob with a pretty shocking catch on the end of his hook: a piranha, Itar-Tass news agency reports.
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Published: 26 May, 2009, 13:49
A fisherman in the Siberian city of Barnaul returned from the river Ob with a pretty shocking catch on the end of his hook: a piranha, Itar-Tass news agency reports.