If you need any further proof that stupid things happen every day, watch this intrepid amateur scientist blast himself with a 10mm round at point blank. Why? Fer testin’!
Piranha have a well-earned reputation for being able and willing to eat just about anything in their path. One of the few exceptions is the Arapaima, a six-foot long, 300-pound Amazonian predator with bony scales capable of withstanding the toothy onslaught. Researchers are now working to adapt the Arapaima’s defenses to protect our own squishy bits.