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Scientists discover a new species of vegetarian piranha with human-like teeth (www.earth.com)
submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/biology@mander.xyz
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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago

the number of extant fish species with human-like teeth is larger than the number of extant human species with human-like teeth, so perhaps we have pacu-like teeth instead

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

They're putting chemicals in our water, turning our piranhas vegan!

[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

They shouldn't have

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of the seaweed shark