rosco Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 piranhas are they illegal in nz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 piranhas are they illegal in nz? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Where do i get 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Where do i get 1 Overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I saw 1 on tm years ago.will someone like hff import them on my behalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Why would they if they are unwanted organisms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Overseas. I meant move overseas mate. They are totally illegal in NZ and no-one is going to import them for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 has it been a year gone by already :sage: :sage: you can tell how long you have been on the forum by how often you have read this question :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Sorry i fully misread that i read it as legal :facepalm: so the one on tm was sold illegally were any originally legal? :oops: about misreading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I saw 1 on tm years ago. I doubt it, pacu maybe. will someone like hff import them on my behalf No, they're not going to risk their entire company, hundreds of thousands of dollars, however many dozens of employees jobs and possible jail time so that they can intentionally smuggle in an illegal fish just for one kid to say, "Watch them tear apart a mouse, lol!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I think they have them on show at Kelly Tarltons... in their one freshwater tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Like i said misread.. Obviously if illegal i wouldnt want them this was years ago not a pacu either was withdrawn within minutes Only reason id want them is there shape size and swimming style just cool fish id never feed a mouse to one thats sick ps not a kid :yaw1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Just wondered why are piranhas illegal in NZ? Surely they wouldn't survive in our waterways? :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Haven't you seen the movie Piranha 3d?! They kill everything. EVERYTHING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 They seem hardy fish so im glad there illegal and cant damage our natives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 So do you think could they survive and reproduce in NZ's rivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Not likely IMO given the poor conditions of many of our rivers and our cold winters. I doubt they're any bigger threat to our ecology than most of the other large predatory fish that currently get imported (cichlids, dats etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Then why are they illegal? :dunno: (not that I'm interested in them at all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Because sometimes fish adapt. And piranha is a fish NZ can definitely do without. I like being able to go for a swim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Yep Kelly Tarlton has them.. says so on their web page I guess they have special permission then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Where do i get 1 I got 3 real Piranhas.. :thup: but they are dead and dried.. if you still keen to buy them then i can arange. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Because sometimes fish adapt. And piranha is a fish NZ can definitely do without. I like being able to go for a swim... People swim in the amazon all the time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Kelly Tarlton's has a special licence to keep them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 People swim in the amazon all the time.... Doesn't mean they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Doesn't mean they should. Candiru. Native to the Amazon. I'm never going near the Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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