Another reason why flushing your dead fish down the loo is a bad idea. Photo / Thinkstock
Deadly piranhas were the unlikely cause of a badly backed-up English sewer, according to water company inspectors.
The carnivorous fish, whose native habitat is in the warmer waters of the South American Amazon river basin, turned up dead in a sewer in Shropshire in central England, where Severn Trent Water
inspectors found them causing a significant blockage.
A company spokesman said the piranhas were among a batch of dead fish recently discovered in the Madeley area of Telford after residents complained of problems.
"It appears that a nearby resident had been disposing of dead fish, including piranhas, down the toilet and they had blocked the sewers," Severn Trent Water said in a statement.
"This is the second sewer blockage in the Shropshire area caused by odd items.
