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| piranha teeth |
“If
You Could See What Was In this River
You
Wouldn’t Swim Here”
That is what a guide told
my father. You cannot see into the water because it is cloudy. The fish use their sense of smell, electrical current or pressure sensors to locate their prey
There are lots of fish in
the river; some of them are piranhas. The piranha is probably the most dangerous
fish in the river because it eats almost anything. It is very attracted to blood so before you go swimming make sure you don’t
having any cuts. Many piranhas will be attracted to the scent as they are schooling fish. They have very sharp teeth
and can bite off a finger or rip holes in your legs.
OMAR, January 2004
Next Esi will write about
electric eels.
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| Electric eel head and tail |
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| freshwater stingray |
This is a freshwater stingray. The picture was
taken in a place where it was muddy. The ray is very well camouflaged against the bottom. It has little spiky stingers at
the end of the tail that hurt very badly when whipped at you. People are most stungly on their legs when they mistakenly step
on the rays especially when walking on the sandy bottoms that rays prefer. YEEEOOOOWWWW!
In the middle of the Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Amazonia, South America
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