River Monsters: Vampire Piranha?
A vampire piranha? Actually a payara, a member of the piranha family with huge teeth. Take it from us, you wouldn't want to run into this fish at night or any other time of day.
River Monsters (17:56)
These fish are killers. Some may even be maneaters. A few are even bigger than a man. Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters, is your guide to these freshwater horrors.
River Monsters (06:42)
Meet the world's biggest River Monsters: forgotten monsters from the deep like the prehistoric alligator gar and the enormous wels catfish.
River Monsters (25:22)
The Amazon River is a violent water system where everything eats everything else. Meet the baddest fish in the world's biggest river.
River Monsters (01:50)
A vampire piranha? Actually a payara, a member of the piranha family with huge teeth. Take it from us, you wouldn't want to run into this fish at night or any other time of day.
River Monsters (01:04)
A man-sized killer catfish, called the goonch, takes River Monsters host Jeremy Wade for a swim. Jeremy seems willing to risk his life to land it.
River Monsters (02:24)
Jeremy finally gets the fish he is after: the elusive piraiba catfish! Built like a shark, this bizarre fish has an unearthly growl and a reputation for eating people.
River Monsters (01:24)
River Monsters host Jeremy Wade finally catches the monster catfish he was after. Called a wels catfish, it's over 7 feet in length and weighs over 160 pounds.
River Monsters (01:39)
Jeremy Wade hooks an enormous Arapaima deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle. This proud, massive fish won't go down without a fight.
River Monsters (01:35)
A gigantic Queensland grouper surprises Jeremy Wade and the River Monsters film crew, who weren't expecting to find something so monstrously huge.
River Monsters (01:00)
Jeremy Wade comes face to face with a prehistoric giant: the alligator gar. This ancient species has existed for 100 million years.
River Monsters (03:02)
Swimming in a piranha pool is suicide, right? In what looks like a scene out of a James Bond movie, Jeremy Wade takes it upon himself to find out...
River Monsters (01:50)
Piranhas devour a duck, purchased at a local market, in this disturbing scene from River Monsters. The duck's only in the water for a moment before it's stripped to the bone.
River Monsters (05:34)
The Goonch catfish of south and southeast Asia is an elusive creature... but no match for extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters.
River Monsters (03:04)
A giant soft-shell turtle strikes like a snake with its long, retractable neck, giving River Monsters host Jeremy Wade an unexpected shock.
River Monsters (02:16)
We've all heard the urban legend about a fish that swam up a man's urine stream in the Amazon. As it turns out, it's no legend. Jeremy Wade meets a man with quite an interesting story to tell... and the footage to prove it!
These fish are killers. Some may even be man-eaters. A few are even bigger than a person. Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters, is your guide to these freshwater horrors.
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