Piranha Feeding

[fishman256]

Hello,

I visited a place called Stapley Water Gardens today and they fed the Pacu and piranha. Here are a couple of pics.

 

[Young Piranha]

What were they feeding them?

 

[jp80911]

looks like squid and sardine??

 

[Young Piranha]

looks like squid and sardine??

Yeh, thats why I was thinking.

 

[sikoko]

looks like herring thats wat we feed at mystic

 

[fishman256]

They are being fed squid and mackerel

 

[piranhaowner87]

How are pacus vegetarian if they also eat meat.

 

[Diogenes]

How are pacus vegetarian if they also eat meat.

in their natural habitat pacu eat seeds, nuts, and fruit. in captivity they will eat whatever food is offered. They're allergic to starving to death apparently.

 

[Diogenes]

Pacu teeth:

P. nattereri teeth:

 

[jp80911]

nice teeth, I wonder which dentist they use for annual checkups