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Paku is a South American freshwater fish found in most rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco lowlands Amazonia. Paku also made it to Papua New Guinea, where they were artificially bred to help the local fishing industry. Paku has common roots with piranha, belonging to the genus Serrasalminae, although they have different habits and preferences.
Piranha is a carnivorous species, while Paku is omnivorous, with herbal preferences. The difference is obvious in their structure. teeth. Piranha has razor-sharp teeth, while in Paku they have more square, more straight and eerily reminiscent of teeth people.
Fish with human teeth neutered male swimmers
Paku uses his teeth mainly to grind nuts and fruits, but sometimes they also eat other fish and invertebrates. They usually eat floating fruits and nuts, which fall from trees to the Amazon, and in several cases even attacked on the testicles of male swimmers, confusing them with nuts.
They earned a dangerous reputation after being castrated. several local fishermen in Papua New Guinea. Therefore when the fish was discovered in several lakes in Denmark and later in Washington, New Jersey and Illinois – a slight panic ensued.
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While Paku are not aggressive carnivores like piranhas, their crushing jaw system can be dangerous. One kid needed surgery after a pacifier bit him finger at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. Manager then commented on the incident, saying that “Pak will eat anything, even baby fingers moving. ”
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These fish are legal in the United States, and can be bought at pet stores. The problem is that many owners aquariums are not aware that the paku can grow more than a meter long, which is too much for a typical home aquarium. When home the animal outgrows their fish tank, the owners end up that they release it in neighboring lakes. This explains the fact that fish with human teeth began to be found in many bodies of water outside its natural habitat.
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