And he really does have teeth. I didnt know that they had teeth. Does anyone here believe me or am I crazy. It poured the blood for around 5 minutes. Now My Finger is sore....LOL this isnt a joke I need some one else to tell me that they have teeth.

I'm not sure...But I think they do...I'll look it up...

Did it leave teeth marks? Chances are that they do have teeth (my severum has little ones!) if yours caused you to bleed

I'm not sure what type of teeth it has, jaw or mouth, but they do have teeth. Unlike pirahnas, you can't see the teeth, probably, meaning the have mouth teeth.

All fish have teeth, even corydoras. Theirs are phyrangeal teeth, which are inside their throats.

Salmonella and all that are problem, so you might want to use gloves and be more careful.

This post has been edited by Tempestuousfury: Dec 24 2004, 08:55 PM

Ask VIP about being bitten by fish Yah im pretty sure oscars have teeth

Almost all cichlids have teeth, including Oscars, and the oscars are pharyngeal, their teeth are in the throat as well as the mouth.

This post has been edited by freddyk: Dec 24 2004, 10:53 PM

I thought I was going crazy I knew they had teeth, But I never had any Ideal that they would actually bite. He was trying to get the shrimp out of my hands. See I feed my fish cooked shrimp it cost a little more but I have healthy fish plus I dont have to murder my guppies. I bought, bunch of feeder guppies and then didnt heave the heart to feed them to my fish after I bought them....

i was just about to say that

just be lucky you wern't bitten by a red devil/midas

Cyprinids have those teeth

That oscar is crazy it cant wait to be fed it had to try to jump out and take the food out of your hand before you are ready to drop it. The way it acts you would think I starved it.

yep oscars have teeth... in there mouth and in their throught!

It's a good thing I read this thread. I used to tease the oscars at work by letting them bite on my fingers (i'm a horrible person I know). I won't do it now though because I know my finger can now actually fit in their mouths. Now I will stop daring people to let them bite fingers!

I bet you wont tease mine like that you will draw back a stub..LOL Just kidding but he will bite you I am sure of that much...

Rule of thumb, here: if it's a predatory fish, IT"S GOT TEETH.

So it drew blood? COOL! I want one!!! No, wait--what about a piranha? Do you think I could fit one of those in my 50 gallon?

I have a slight preoccupation with monsters, by the way. THe biggest one I can fit in my room right now is my pacman frog, though--it gets the size of a baseball glove and has a nice horny tooth all along its bottom jaw. Now HE can draw blood!!! Still, I'm working on finding a bigger monster... I wonder if my mother would let me put a pike in her fishpond. No, no--a SNAKEHEAD!!! yeah...

I'd like to see pictures of that pacman frog, now that would be a sight to see!

hahah, imagine finding one of those put in your bed by a little brother!

you could have 3-4 Piranhas in a 55g they arnt as aggressive as they are in the movies tho

I have three piranhas in a 55 gallon tank and they are doing fine. If you think you are ready to git bit by one of them oscars then you are more than welcome to mine.

Hey, on a serious note, does anyone think it might be a good idea for Angel Lady to talk with a doctor. We're always talking about bacteria and stuff in the water and if it broke the skin maybe she should be on anti-biotics as a precaution. Just a thought. I cut my finger and had to have stitches and they told me to definitely keep it out of the fish tank for a while. I've been using a rubber glove on that hand when maintaining the tank and I keep the gloved hand out of the water too.