Piranha

// Serrasalmus

//Piranhas, just the word strikes fear into people’s hearts. Most people have seen a nature show on TV, where a school of piranhas devour a large cow in just minutes. These little guys have teeth like steak knives, and can do serious damage. Fortunately they really prefer to use those teeth on dead pray. Lucky for you and me they only bite live meat when provoked. So let’s not provoke them.

The Piranha falls into the fish category. Fish have wet scales and they also lay eggs in the water. They also live in the water. Fresh water rivers is where the Piranha can be found. They are also cold-blooded aquatic mammals. Most fish are torpedo-shaped. That means that they are able to swim fast through the waters.

Piranhas have many characteristics such as that they vary in color. It attains a maximum length of about 60 centimeters long. Most of the time, thought most of the time the species are smaller. Some are a silvery color with orange bellies and throats, most are black. There bite hurts very badly, they have razor sharp teeth. They have blunt heads but their jaws are very strong. They also have saw-edged bellies and deep bodies. Click here to watch a piranha video. http://www.sling.com/video/show/155995/07/Cannibal-Piranha

Piranha Jingle Munch munch munch Munch munch munch We eat dead fish We grow up to 60 centimeters And don’t get much bigger We live in South America In fresh water rivers And we vary in color We are piranhas And we are vicious Much munch munch!

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