Chicagoist: See You In My Nightmares: Piranhas in Joliet?

Stealth

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:18:30 -0600

Don't forget about the coyote that waltzed into that Quizno's in the loop and laid down in a drink cooler. I remember her. Boy, was she was fucked up... sorry, couldn't help it. but yeah, all these wild animals. nature is taking back the land!!! It's "I Am Legend" shit come to life!!!

Albanyparkour

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:54:14 -0600

Swimming? In water? No thank you. As W.C. Fields observed, "Never drink water. Fish fuck in it."

matty

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:35:04 -0600

shit is bananas b-a-n-a-n-a-s

Navin

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:32:20 -0600

Don't forget about the coyote that waltzed into that Quizno's in the loop and laid down in a drink cooler.

Ali Trachta

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:21:35 -0600

First a cougar, then an alligator, now a piranha?!? This shit is bananas.

Prescott Carlson

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:08:26 -0600

Piranha's Bloody Frenzy is the name of my next band.

Marcus Gilmer

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:04:03 -0600

Ah, point taken. Yeah, you're right. I hope.

Navin

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:02:22 -0600

Well of course, but my point is that winter would wipe them.....right?

Marcus Gilmer

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:38:38 -0600

Navin - the original article says the water temp was 75 degrees when it was caught.

jmagic

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:36:46 -0600

yikesola!

Navin

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:35:36 -0600

Pardon my ignorance, but a warm water fish like that can survive the freezing waters of lake Michigan winter? I guess so if that Shedd rep is worried.

bunnybear

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:27:04 -0600

I don't know. If it's a contest between piranha and Northeastern Illinois waterway, the piranha should eventually succumb. However, should they adapt and somehow find a way to survive in the chemical soup we call our rivers, look out!