Piranha, Fish walks from Amazon

This is one figure of the inhabitants of the Amazon Basin in South America is famous. Large round eyes red, equipped with a sharp triangular teeth at the tip end, piranha fish.

piranha fish is fierce no doubt, even the Indians who are usually equipped with various magic science chose to leave the place when the gang met this fish.


Devil fish, the name given to Indian tribes that fish can leave the bones of a buffalo in a matter of minutes. Because that's keganasannya, piranha fish are prohibited from entering Indonesia without a clear purpose.

In Jakarta, piranha fish can be seen in the giant tank at Sea World Indonesia region Ancol, North Jakarta. Here also seen how quickly it ate fish.

piranha fish was one of those timid. Carnivor has high levels of stress and easy to die. For his defense, these fish form large groups.

In some parts of the earth there are several species similar to the piranha. In Indonesia, it briefly looked like the fish bawal freshwater fish.

Visually difficult to distinguish freshwater fish bawal red with piranhas are also red. As is usual freshwater fish meat is also good to eat piranha. But it was the red piranha weighing only 600 to 700 grams of the most famous is very fierce.

It is estimated that there are dozens of species of piranha that live along the Amazon River, South America. Several species weighed 5 pounds, similar kembaranya freshwater fish bawal. How many other species of life even as herbivores or plant eaters.

At first glance the red piranha fish most ferocious famous does not show an aggressive nature. Movements were limited and rigid. But when he found the food, this fish group very quickly invaded it.

For the hobbyists with the beauty of ornamental fish, had to bury his dream to preserve this fish legally. Because until now the Indonesian government still prohibits the entry into Indonesia piranha fish.

However, there are Internet sites that offer piranha fish with a relatively cheap price. To fish the size of 8 to 9 inches, is offered for $ 20 thousand dollars per cow. To the hobbyists might as well follow the government ban on piranha fish. Because it is not possible, these fish will become fierce predators of other living beings, when released into the river up.