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  2. Piranha - Wikipedia

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    Piranhas are "basically like regular fish with large teeth". [19] A few other species may also occur in large groups, while the remaining are solitary or found in small groups. [3] Although popularly described as highly predatory and primarily feeding on fish, piranha diets vary extensively, [3] leading to their classification as omnivorous. [4]

  3. Red-bellied piranha - Wikipedia

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    In packs up to hundreds, piranhas have been known to feed on animals as large as egrets or capybara. Despite the piranha's reputation as a dangerous carnivore, it is actually primarily a scavenger and forager, and will mainly eat plants and insects during the rainy season when food is abundant. [20]

  4. Pygocentrus piraya - Wikipedia

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    This characteristic combined with its large size make it a danger to humans. Piranha's attacks on humans are anecdotal for the most part. The piranha mostly prefers to eat small fish and insects, along with seeds and aquatic plant material. The pygocentrus piraya plays a key role in their ecosystem by regulating the population of other fish [5]

  5. Wimple piranha - Wikipedia

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    Like most fish, when the wimple piranha feeds on small fish or scales floating in the water, it uses suction feeding. However, to feed on scales attached to fish, it uses ram feeding, where the predator will charge at the fish; the force of this collision actually knocks scales free. The teeth are used to scrape scales from the body.

  6. Serrasalmus geryi - Wikipedia

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    Serrasalmus geryi, known as the violet line piranha or Gery's piranha, is a species of piranha of the family Serrasalmidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers of Brazil . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The species is notable for being the one of only the members of the genus Serrasalmus that can coexist with others of the same species in ...

  7. Serrasalmidae - Wikipedia

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    To emphasize the diversity of diets, authors commonly highlight the fruit- and leaf-eating pacus and the highly carnivorous piranhas. Most in the family other than piranhas are primarily herbivorous. In contrast, piranhas have been long believed to be strict carnivores. [4] Many species change diets depending on age and resource availability. [4]

  8. What Are ‘Dopamine Foods?’ Here Are 9 Foods That Are Proven ...

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    However, you need vitamin B6, and minerals like iron, folate, and copper in your diet for the process to work efficiently, Kane notes. Tanja Ivanova / Getty Images What foods increase dopamine?

  9. Predatory fish - Wikipedia

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    A barracuda preying on a smaller fish. Predatory fish are hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish or aquatic animals, with examples including shark, billfish, barracuda, alligator gar, tuna, dolphinfish, walleye, perch and salmon.