red-bellied piranha in Podcasts
personA species of piranha, often depicted as aggressive and dangerous, with a reputation for ferocity in popular culture.
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Piranhas: The Animal That Just Doesn't Make Sense
The red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nateri, is the dreaded species most responsible for Hollywood's whole reputation of these fish, and its Pygocentrus relatives all share that convex, bulldog-shaped head-slash-face and proportionally massive lower jaw packed with razor-sharp triangular teeth with each tooth fitting into a socket on the adjacent tooth, and thus forming what is essentially a continuous serrated blade that runs the entire length of the jaw.