Memorable Quotes from Devra Korwin
1 quoteUnexpected Piranha Infestation Surprises Characters
Novak
Excuse me... but is that a fucking piranha?!
Julie Forester
Carl, it's not the only one.
Novak
Here, here. Yeah, look at this. There are thousands of them. Thousands. And they're pissed!
[shows the torn diving suit]
Mrs. Goodman
You know, I've heard of this happening. It's like those baby alligators in New Jersey, somebody leaves them and they breed...
Novak
What?
Mr. Goodman
Nobody released this fish into the lake.
Julie Forester
What're you talking about?
Mr. Goodman
This particular piranha vanished off the face of the Earth over 2 million years ago!
[hurries to his office]
Novak
Um, where's he going?
Mr. Goodman
Allow me...to introduce you... Pygocentrus nattereri, the original piranha. They used to swim the Colorado River, right up until the Pleistocene epoch! I still don't understand how you found one...alive!
[shows the fossil; Novak and Julie see the live piranha almost exactly matches the fossil]
Novak
We discovered a subterranean lake through a rift caused by the earthquake.
Mrs. Goodman
But, how could it have survived for so long, cut off from the surface?
Mr. Goodman
CANNIBALISM. They must have fought each other to survive. Look...oh, the scars on the scales. Notice the eyes.
[looks at the piranha]
Julie Forester
Jesus, it's like he's staring back at you.
Mr. Goodman
No, no, no. Look, staring... sensing...
[slowly lowers two tips of his fingers into the tank. The piranha rushes to bite them, Goodman pulls them away in the nick of time]
Novak
God, don't do that!
Mr. Goodman
Piranha hunt in packs. Not for protection, but the overwhelming force. They're organized, methodical. The first bite draws blood, the blood draws the pack.
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