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• AnimalPlanet.com
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• China orders piranhas destroyed. BBC News. December 24, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2603689.stm
• Hungry piranha seeks good catch. BBC News. June 1, 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/772802.stm
• Piranha. Encyclopedia Britannica.
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• Piranha. Extreme Science.
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• Piranha. HowStuffWorks. http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/piranha-info.htm
• Piranha increase "due to dams". BBC News. December 28, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3346301.stm
• Piranhas. London Aquarium.
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• Rumble in the jungle with Amazon's killer piranha. LA Times. November 22, 2005. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-os-piranha22nov22
  
• Sutton, Keith "Catfish." Out there: Piranha! ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tv/columns/story?columnist=
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• The Truth About Piranha Attacks. Practical Fishkeeping. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1180