Dear Ivan,
I saw the Piranha 1 DVD. The underwater footage is incredible. Apart from
Pygocentrus there are other very interesting shots. I think it’s the only
footage of other piranhas like irritans, medinai (briefly), and Catoprion.
Of coarse they have to be edited (reduced) with the best footage.
It was also interesting to see the coloration pattern of Geophagus (Satanoperca)
in their natural habitat. This coloration pattern is never seen in preserved fish. About
the Road Trip part, let me tell you that it is boring compared to the rest of the
video, sorry to be so honest. Well Ivan, this week I’ll see the other DVD.
Antonio Machado – Allison from Caracas, Venezuela.
Piranha 1 DVD is an amazing homemade movie created by Ivan Mikolji that
captures several species of caribe in their native habitat in Venezuela. In the
footage hobbyists can see caribe fishing, feeding and habitat. More importantly
many of the myths attributing caribe as man-eaters are destroyed. I strongly
recommend this DVD if you collect species of piranha/caribe. Though some of
the segments are very long in format, it does not diminish its educational value
and certainly worth every minute of it. Also included are Venezuelan music
compilation that fits the native scenario of this video.
Frank Magallanes,
OPEFE
opefe@charter.net
Roseburg, Oregon USA
Frank,
Finally had some time to sit down and enjoy the Venezuela video and must say
that its probably the best piranha video coverage I have seen. It tops all the
coverage done on the Discovery Channel. Makes me want to film one of my own
out in the wild. :) Thanks again for sharing this with me. :) You made my day.
Arnold from USA
Hi Ivan,
I got it yesterday, thanks for asking ,it’s great I’m a moderator of
piranha-fury (Netherlands) and it’s very cool to see the piranha’s in their
natural habitat, the feeding part is awesome, standing in the water during
feeding!!! I saw the DVD at the Opefe site and ordered it right away!!
John from Netherlands
Hi Ivan,
I found out about the dvd by viewing the trailers on youtube, I have a
shoal of 10 caribe so often browse youtube for videos etc..
I would like to say that the video is just what the enthusiast wants to see.
Plenty of footage of the fish in their natural habitat. I thouroughly enjoyed
the dvd from start to finsih, and would certainly love to do it myself one day.
A $35 well spent! definately beats anything I have seen on dvd before or the
discovery channel. Keep up the good work :)
Thank you very much!
Paul from England, UK
Merlin_2k1_@hotmail.com
