Article summary practice #2 In the article, “Shocking Truth About Piranhas Revealed”, the writer Richard Connif stated the objection in responding to mass media exaggerating the fact about piranhas incidents in Argentina. In order to find the truth, the writer experimented the piranhas by exposing himself in a few different places where piranhas were. His experiences were stated in his book “Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time”, where he concluded that piranhas do become ferocious a few times but only when their food source concentration is high. The writer also added the opinions of others to support his argument. Jan H.Mol, the Surinamese fish biologist, also agreed to the writer that piranha threat is overly exaggerated. Based on his experience, the injury he get from piranhas was none during his research over the past 20 years. According to the Brazilian researcher Ivan Sazima, unlike widely known, piranhas feed by taking small bites of surfaces from other fish. He also urged that attack of piranhas should not be the cause of human death. It was more likely that piranhas scavenged on the dead body. For most cases of living victims, their wounds were only minor, and a factor was accompanied with each case to attract the piranhas. Mol suggested the piranhas may have attacked human by mistake because of the piranhas’ source of food was accompanied with the victims, while other specialists argued the incidents were due to defensive biting. Mol also stated that swimmers encountering the piranha male territory during the mating season could be another reason for the injury. In the end, the writer summed up the piranhas potentially be dangerous, but most cases not as extreme as the media had reported.