Syracuse.com - Texas girl, 5, lands piranha on her first fishing trip in lake near Houston

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She caught it in a local lake on a piece of hotdog. Texas authorities warn it's a "no-no" to keep these aggressive, toothy fish from South America as pets. Somebody obviously released it into the local waterway.

The following was on MSN.com

"Texas is reminding folks that keeping piranhas as pets is a no-no. The warning this week comes after a 5-year-old girl on her first fishing expedition hooked a red-bellied piranha at a lake near Houston.

"This red-bellied piranha was found in a lake near Houston, Texas. Lindsay Schutte used a hot dog to lure her unique prize.

"When I took the hook out of the mouth and saw it had pretty big teeth I was concerned, but I'm in Texas so I don't know, there could be fish like that," Christi Schutte, Lindsay's mom and a recent transplant from California, told NBC affiliate KPRC-TV.

Read the full story and see video interview.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44691672/ns/us_news-environment/t/piranhas-texas-girl-lands-one-first-fishing-outing/

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog