# Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water

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**Created:** [February 20, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-in-the-water/43237 "2004-02-20T03:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdipi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mdipi/32/49_2.png) [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-in-the-water/43237/1 "2004-02-20T03:04:23Z")

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in London that is.

[http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20040219/1508589106.htm](http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20040219/1508589106.htm)

> LONDON (Reuters) - Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water; a ferocious, carnivorous South American Piranha has been fished from London’s River Thames, the Environment Agency said on Thursday.

tehehe

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-in-the-water/43237/2 "2004-02-20T03:09:27Z")

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So thats what bit me the other day. I was wondering about that!

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**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-in-the-water/43237/3 "2004-02-20T03:58:44Z")

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> Experts were quick to reassure Londoners they need not fear marauding shoals of meat-eating fish.  
> Such great command over the English language! They turn a crazy random happening into something worth listening to.

I also love the speculations on how it got there 🙂