He's going to eat them! It is better to eat piranhas than to have them eat you! 

This is Josef, who lives on a tributary of the Amazon River. His family travels in, and fishes from a wooden canoe, called a piroque. He caught the piranhas with a simple hook and line. He put raw chicken on the hook, and hung the hook over the side of the canoe. He caught 5 piranhas in no time! They look like normal little fish. But don't stick your fingers in their mouths! 

Many people in Brazil live along the oceans and rivers. This is partly so they can catch fish for food. There are amazing numbers of kinds of fish. Some live in fresh water (rivers). Some only live in salt water (oceans). 

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