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| Creepy Fishes with teeth like humans |
Do fishes with human teeth exist? If ever they do exist, would you eat a fish with human teeth for a meal? Well, here are two kinds of fishes that have teeth like humans.
First is the Pacu Fish, it is somehow related to the carnivorous fish called piranha, they are both from the subfamily Serrasalminae, but unlike piranha sharp pointy teeth, Pacu is omnivorous with much squarer and straighter teeth similar to humans.
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| Pacu Fish |
Pacu is often found in rivers and streams in the Amazon and Orinoco River. It usually uses its square human-like teeth for crushing nuts, fruits and some vegetables. But Pacu fish sometimes eat other fishes and invertebrates.
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| Pacu Fish Teeth |
Pacu fishes are also referred to as "Ball-cutter" because they sometimes cut the testicles of a male swimmer mistaking those for floating fruits and nuts from trees.
Unlike Piranhas, Pacu fishes are not that aggressive, but anyone will be needing a surgery after being bitten by a Pacu.
Although it's legal to own a Pacu fish in the United States, most of them end up in lakes because it can grow up to 4 feet long and they won't fit their tanks anymore.
There were already reports that the Pacu fish already took two lives of fishermen because of blood loss after the Pacu fish bit off their testicles.
The second is the Sheepshead fish, it also has a human-like teeth, but unlike the Pacu's teeth, Sheepshead has a little too many.
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| Sheepshead |
The Sheepshead have 3 rows of human-like teeth that gives them a wide range of omnivorous food. The Sheepshead has a strong and heavy grinder set in the rear jaw which are commonly used for crushing the shells of its prey.
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| Sheepshead Teeth |
Sheepshead fish are also called convict fish due to the black and white bands that run down its silvery body.
Source:wereblog
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