River Monsters!

In 1976 a packed coach crashed into the Amazon killing 39 people. Did a school of piranha eat their flesh? Over the years, the mystery of freshwater fish have led to terrifying tales of fish that preyed on man.

Starting this week, in a new seven-part series from Animal Planet called River Monsters, biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels worldwide to solve these freshwater mysteries, to debunk these myths and to track down these harrowing tales.

In each episode, Jeremy Wade will come dangerously close to these predators in an attempt to try to understand their mystery and taste human flesh, putting his life at risk. He observes gigantic fish while traveling through Germany, Australia, Brazil and Texas. He confronts fascinating creatures as piranha, alligator gar, wels catfish, bullshark, piraiba, candiru and arapaima, all supposedly deadly creatures shrouded with mystery — especially their feeding habits.

We often think we know very little about oceans, but it seems like we also know very little about freshwater species and ecosystems. This would be an interesting series because we probably know less about what lives in freshwater than what lives in oceans.