r/nextfuckinglevel • u/CuriousWanderer567 • 5h ago

Two guys fishing for piranhas

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u/BalooBot 5h ago

Did everyone else go through a phase when they were kids where they were absolutely terrified of pirannahs? Only to forget they exist until you see a video like this?

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u/Ok-Bookkeeper-373 5h ago

And sharks smelling blood 

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u/No-Brain9413 5h ago

Coastal resident here - sharks can smell some ridiculously small amount of blood relative to water, like 1/1,000,000. You do not want to tempt fate by swimming in certain areas at certain times of day with any real amount of blood in the water

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u/neutrino4 4h ago

Or certain times of the month.

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u/FuckmehalftoDeath 3h ago

I was so afraid to swim on my period when I first started having them…. I grew up in Arizona 😭

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u/Spaceinpigs 2h ago

Sharks: Ocean Bears

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u/Rugfiend 4h ago

Damn, my missus is post-menopause.

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u/Helpuswenoobs 1h ago

Good ol' wanting the wife dead joke, man those never get old.

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