In a strange event, Charlie Clinton, 11, caught a strange fish in the pond behind his Oklahoma home that had teeth that looked like human teeth. The fish was later found to be a pacu, which is a species from South America similar to piranhas.
Janna, Charlie’s mum, was shocked when she saw the fish and its strange teeth. He called for her, and she thought he was being emotional, but she soon realised that he had seen something amazing. It took a lot of work to catch the fish, but Charlie was proud of himself.
The Clintons took a picture of the fish and shared it on the Facebook page for their neighbourhood, which led to a lively conversation. The fish’s teeth looked like those of a person, which shocked some people, while others told the family to talk to wildlife experts. The family finally put the fish back in the pond, but they didn’t know how much trouble it would make.
Wildlife experts were confused when they saw the pacu fish in the pond. They thought it might have been a pet fish that got loose in the wild. What did the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation say on Twitter to the person who let the fish go? “Dear, whoever released an entire Pacu…into a NEIGHBOURHOOD pond; how dare you!”
Many people were shocked and angry when they heard about the pacu fish’s discovery, which led to an argument online. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation stressed how dangerous it is to let exotic pets roam free in the wild, where they can harm local environments.
This wasn’t the first time that Oklahoma had seen a pacu fish. Another boy, this time 11 years old, got a pacu fish at Marina Cove at Ft. Cobb Lake in 2018. Forest rangers have warned that pacu fish can get up to 3.5 feet long and 88 pounds heavy, and they can hurt people if they feel threatened.
Charlie is set on catching the pacu fish again, no matter what the risks are. His mother, Janna, told her that he fished at the pond every day in the hopes of catching the fish that was so hard to catch. If he gets it again, his family is going to have it mounted as a prize.
