Real fish with "human teeth"
The Pacu fish is related to the meat-eating Piranha but Pacu is omnivorous with a squarer and straighter teeth like humans.
The powerful teeth of the fish. |
Would you dare eat a fish with human like teeth?
They use their teeth to crush nuts, fruits and some vegetable. But sometimes they also eat other fishes and invertebrates.The Sheephead Fish |
According to the Papua New Guinea locals, they are well-known as 'ball cutter' because they castrate the testicles of a male swimmer mistaking it for a floating fruits or nuts which they usually eat.
The Pacu Fish. |
The Sheepshead Fish has more human teeth than the Pacu. These helps them eat a more wide-range of omnivorous food with a vibration of vertebrates, invertebrates and some plants too.
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