Segment One.  Fish in the News. Each week the Bailey Brothers start Pet Fish Talk with some fun and interesting stories about fish in the news. Visitors Bitten at Shark-Petting Exhibit. Almost a dozen people have walked out of the Newport Aquarium's Shark Central exhibit wearing Band-Aids after they were bitten. The exhibit has almost 20 sharks for visitors to touch. Some are babies, some are adults -- 2 to 8 feet long. All of the sharks were chosen specifically for their behavior. "What's the reaction to people touching them? They do not mind at all," aquarium biologist Scott Brehob said. "I've had kids that are anywhere from 8 months to 2 years to 3 years touching these animals." Although the sharks did draw blood from a few of the visitors they bit, aquarium officials said the injury is no worse than a paper cut. "It's more like the lines of a catfish," Brehob said. "They are bristle-type teeth. It's like a broom." Click here to go to the original story. The Newport Aquarium is located in Newport, KY, which is near Cincinnati, OH.     Artists Drawing of a birds-eye view of the proposed world's biggest freshwater aquarium.       Piranhas? Somebody thought a Piranha, like one ones shown to the left, was fished out of the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh, PA, but as usual the fish was a Pacu, a close relative of the Piranha.       The Koi, shown to the left, is like the ones recently seized in a Freeport, Maine, restaurant by local game wardens.           A Diver Drinks a bottle of beer under water in an aquarium during the local beer festival in Dalian, in northeast China's Liaoning province. Click here to see the original picture.     Cash Donated to Aquarium Project. An appeal for donations to create one of the world's largest freshwater aquariums has raised £30,000, just 10% of what is needed. The National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats (NIRAH) wants to build the development on an old brick works site at Stewartby, Bedfordshire. The county council agreed to lend £300,000, on top of a £3m loan already received, for the planning application. NIRAH rejected the "red-tape bound offer" and launched a public appeal. Click here to read this story.   Fisherman Reels in a Piranha? Piranha may be running in the Allegheny River, but don't blame global warming. A home aquarium probably got dumped, which is how a toothy predator more at home in the Amazon jungle wound up on an angler's hook off 13th Street in Sharpsburg yesterday morning. "I was in a state of shock," said Jim Rulli, a former bricklayer who caught the tropical creature while angling for catfish with a nightcrawler. Rulli, 50, lives about a block from the river and fishes almost every day. "At first, I thought I had a really nice bluegill. When I saw what it was, I had to put my glasses on because I couldn't believe my eyes." He measured his catch at 12 inches, counted four rows of "big, sharp" teeth, and was struck by the fish's scarlet belly. Click here to read this story.   Koi Confiscated in Maine. It was the bust heard around the world - or at least around Maine. The seizure of 10 illegal koi fish from an aquarium at China Rose, a Freeport restaurant, has game wardens defending their actions and the owner, Cuong Ly, steamed. If released into Maine waters, the koi could threaten native species. And they've been illegal to possess in Maine for decades. Hence the bust by wardens, after a couple of visits to try to discuss the matter with Ly. Of course, there are two sides to every story. Ly says he'd had the fish for 15 years without a problem. Why would he have taken the warden warnings seriously? And besides the emotional distress of losing his fish, he says he faces bad luck, since the koi were good luck charms. Click here to read the entire story.   Segment Two.    Segment Three.    Segment Four.    Thank you. A big sincere thank-you to Deborah from Connecticut, to Bonnie from Iowa, to Mike from Missouri, and to Albert from Las Vegas, NV, for calling during the show. Tom and Nevin encourage YOU to call Pet Fish Talk during the show and talk about your pet fish.     Download of this Entire Show. Here's how: Right-Click here, then click on "Save Target (or Link) As ...".  Navigate to the folder you prefer, and click on the button labeled "Save". Later you can copy the MP3-file to your iPod or other MP3-player.   Click here to download the PodCast for this show.   You can also burn files to CDs, then play them in a CD-player.  Click here to download the PodCast for this show. Click here to buy an MP3-enabled CD-Player, or click here to buy an MP3-Player, or click here to buy an Apple iPod, which can all play Pet Fish Talk Shows.       There are lots of Pet Fish Talk Shows. Click here now to go to the Archive, where you'll find links to more than 360 Pet Fish Talk Shows.   Click here to go to our Search Page, where you can search for any topic that we have discussed in any show.