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Piranhas have also been discovered in the Kaptai Lake in southeast Bangladesh. Research is being carried out to establish how piranhas have moved to such distant corners of the world from their original habitat. Some rogue exotic fish traders are thought to have released them in the lake to avoid being caught by antipoaching forces.
Acoustic communication among red-bellied piranhas is exhibited along with aggressive behaviors, such as biting, chasing, conspecific confrontation, and fighting. [16] The sounds created by piranhas are generated through rapid contractions of the sonic muscles and is associated with the swimbladder.
This fish is an omnivore, and has aggressive tendencies when hungry, stressed, or seeking live food. Like most in the Serrasalmidae family, piraya piranhas dental morphology has a major influence for their inclination toward piscivorous and herbivorous behavior [3].
Piranhas occasionally bite and sometimes injure bathers and swimmers, but serious attacks are rare and the threat to humans has been exaggerated. [6] However, piranhas are a considerable nuisance to commercial and sport fishers because they steal bait, mutilate catch, damage nets and other gear, and may bite when handled.
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Despite their aggressive reputation, and stereotyped as a 'human-chaser', bites by bushmasters are rare, but the mortality rate is higher. Among elapids , the new-world coral snakes ( Leptomicrurus, Micrurus , Micruroides ) are responsible for only 1-2% of incidents, while bites by the yellow-bellied sea snake are even more rare. [ 1 ] (