Razor Sharp Teeth Piranha Fish: A victim of its own aggressive eating frenzy

ICMS, Inc Reports

By Tom Okure, Ph.D
July 30, 2021

Piranha are fish with razor sharp teeth found in the Amazon River. The Piranha Fish is a vicious fresh-water fish known in Venezuela as the ‘caribe.’ It is a common native fish in the lowland streams, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs in South America in the area known as the Amazon basin.

 The Red-bellied Piranha Fish

Piranhas consist of many varieties differing extensively in ecology and behavior depending on the specific species. There are about 20 known species of piranha, but only four or five of them pose any significant danger.

The red bellied species (or Pygocentrus nattereri) are notorious as ferocious predators that hunt their prey in schools. The red-bellied piranha is very aggressive and nasty in behavior and eats almost anything including other fish, sick animals and any human parts. Sick cattle that mistakenly bent their heads down to drink river water in the river have been known to be seized by the nose and mouth and dragged into the river and totally gobbled up by adult piranhas.

A bite from a piranha fish can be extremely powerful, painful and dangerous and is caused by the fish’s large jaw muscles closely attached to the tip of its jaw. Its strong jaws combined with the finely saw toothed shape teeth make the piranha fish adept at tearing flesh effectively. 

Red bellied piranha school 

Despite their often description as extremely dangerous in the media, piranhas normally do not represent a severe risk to humans. Even so, attacks do happen, particularly when the piranhas feel confined in dense groups and stressful situations especially during the dry season when the water level is low and food is relatively scarce.

Dense piranha fish groups swimming near fishermen may escalate the risk of attacks due to the commotion caused by struggling piranhas struggling over fish bait in the water. Children are more often attacked than adults because of splashing water which attracts piranhas.

If a person is injured or otherwise incapacitated and in the water, the risk of being attacked also increases. In areas where piranhas are common, warning signs are sometimes placed at high-risk locations and beaches are protected by a barrier.

Notwithstanding their terrible reputation, piranha fish perform a useful role in the system of things in the Amazonian jungles by being a part of the checks and balance apparatus of the ecosystem, eliminating the feeble and sick so that the strong can succeed.

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Nigeria’s Big Brother Naija (BBN) Show highlighting house mate Emmanuel Umoh

By Tom Okure, PhD 

ICMS, Inc. Reports 

July 25, 2021 

Photo Credit: Emmanuel Umoh (Instagram) 

Mr. Emmanuel Umoh: BBN house mate

Many Nigerian young men and women are glued to their TV screens when the show Big Brother Naija is on. Lately, one of the house mates in the popular Nigerian TV show Emmanuel Umoh is getting a lot of attention from the shows audience especially the female viewers due to his figure and physical looks (Physique). 

For background, this fine looking young man is from Akwa Ibom State, more specifically from Mbo Local Government Area. He was born and raised in Uyo and attended Monef Kiddies elementary school. 

Emmanuel Umoh is admired by many
females for his good looks

He also attended Christ the King and is an alumni of Ikot Ekpene’s Federal Government College where he completed his secondary school education. Mr. Emmanuel Umoh is also said to be a Civil Engineering student and attended the University of Port Harcourt. 

Emmanuel is a professional model and he owns his own business and brand and is the CEO. His awards are many including being Mr. Africa and Mr. Ideal Nigeria having won that pageant contest in 2019. Consequently, Mr. Emmanuel Umoh is not entirely new to the show business scene, having already achieved fame and fortune even before his entry into the Big Brother Naija (BBN) Show. 

There are 11 male and 11 female contestants in the BBN show totaling 22 contestants. This write-up is not about the BBN show but just featuring Emmanuel Umoh who appears to be a heartthrob (a male celebrity who is known for his good looks) of many female viewers. 

 Some ordinary viewer critics of the BBN show say that the presence of likes of Emmanuel Umoh in the show argue that his presence in the show upsets that balance and lofty intentions of the show which they allege was supposed to create a level playing field for ordinary Nigeria youth to contest and “help the poor to become rich, ….. not help the already rich to be famous.”