CHICAGO — Chicago-area parents thought their pit bull was to blame when they heard their 18-month-old daughter crying and discovered one of her fingertips had been severed.
Turns out, the culprit was a piranha the family kept in an aquarium.
Doctors determined that the bite wasn’t from a dog after thegirl was rushed to a hospital by ambulance Tuesday night.
Cook County sheriff’s office spokesman Frank Bilecki told the Chicago Tribune the girl’s father cut open one of two piranhas and found the fingertip. He said doctors tried to reattach the fingertip, but he didn’t know whether they were successful.
He didn’t immediately respond to messages left Saturday.
Front Section, Pages 2 on 06/24/2012