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.

-------------

Watch the Video...Razor Sharp Teeth Piranha Fish: A victim of its own aggressive eating frenzy

____________________________

All rights reserved by Tom Okure, Ph.D. CEO of Inter-Continental Mgt. Systems, Inc. (or ICMS Inc.). ICMS, Inc., is a multifaceted business and management consulting firm with its head office in Albany, New York        

Nigerian Dapchi schoolgirls abducted in February 19, 2018 suddenly released by their militant abductors

ICMS, Inc Reports
By Tom Okure, Ph.D

Picture of released abducted girls:
Courtesy: Reuters/Reuters/Ola Lanre

 ------------------------------------

According to Nigeria’s Ministry of Information, “back channel efforts” by the federal government has resulted in the sudden release of 76 of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls abducted from their boarding school on the evening of Monday, February 19 2018, by a militant group who attacked the town of Dapchi in Yobe State.

One of the schoolgirl’s parent who spoke to a BBC correspondent by name Kundili Bukar said the militants believed to be Boko Haram “drove into the town in a motorcade in the early hours of Wednesday morning and surrendered the girls to the community.” The militants departed immediately they released the girls who were alleged to look tired and fatigued from their ordeal.

Dapchi schoolgirls are pictured in Jumbam village Yobe State after their release look tired and fatigued from their ordeal.

One may recall that President Muhammadu Buhari was very frustrated with the announcement of the kidnappings in February and declared it a "national disaster" and expressed his regrets to the parents of the girls' on 12 March noting the government would negotiate with the militants carefully in order to ensure the peaceful release the girls without resorting to military action. Speaking to the press at the time President Buhari sated "We are trying to be careful. It is better to get our daughters back alive."

Nigerian Minister of Information Lai Mohammed

In a government statement by the minister of information Lai Mohammed today, he said "The government had a clear understanding that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could endanger the lives of the girls," Nine of the girls abducted are confirmed to be dead according to the Nigerian government in its press statement on the matter.

The release of the girls comes about one week from the date President Muhammadu Buhari visited the Dapchi school, during which time he met with the girl’s parents and reaffirmed government efforts to secure the immediate release of their children.

------------------------------------------
Links to read more:

More than half of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls freed, official says

Kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls freed in Nigeria

US Casino Operator Mohegan Sun, has been chosen to build Inspire Integrated Resort in South Korea.

ICMS,Inc Reports

Date: March 2, 2016

-------------

A United States Indian tribal casino operator Mohegan Sun has been chosen by the South Korean government to build a new world class resort on Yeongjong Island region of South Korea. 

Inspire Integrated Resort

Mohegan Sun partnered with KCC Corp, a South Korean chemical company to apply for a casino license. The objective of the project is to help boast the Korean economy.

Yeongjong Island region is a sparsely populated region in South Korea, but is strategically close to the Incheon International Airport which acts as a gateway to the western world. Yeongjong Island was likely chosen for the project due to its closeness to the Chinese Mainland China and it’s potential to draw a large number of Chinese, Asian and western tourists.

The Inspire Integrated Resort project by Mohegan Sun is anticipated to begin next year and open sometime in the early part of 2020. The resort complex will huge and expected to include a combination of a luxury hotel, a 215,278 square foot casino, a theme park, entertainment and convention spaces, a K-pop arena, shopping venues, and food and beverage outlets. The developers anticipate to open resort project in stages with initial focus of the development centered on entertainment in order to support Korea’s thriving entertainment industry.

The South Korean government has been encouraging companies to invest into the Korean casino industry. Several companies showed interest in the offer and applied to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a casino license.

Read More ...

• South Korea To Make Decision Soon On Awarding Foreign Casino Licenses To Operators
• Mohegan Sun Inspire Integrated Resort Gets Korean Casino License

All rights reserved by Inter-Continental Mgt. Systems, Inc (ICMS, Inc). The information included in this publication may not be used, reproduced, transmitted, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written permission of ICMS, Inc.