Re: NANFA-L-- Texas Man Catches Fish With Human-Like Teeth

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:15:34 -0500

Oh, Michael, Goulding also stated that more than half the fish
(tambiqui and various "pacu") caught in the isolated lakes had empty
stomachs, despite food being available. He suggested that when so
trapped, most individuals don't feed, living off of stored energy
until the next flood season.

Dave

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----- Original Message -----
From: Moontanman-in-aol.com
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:50 am
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Texas Man Catches Fish With Human-Like Teeth
> I've kept pacu in a pond in my greenhouse and they ate meat. They
> ate baby
> turtles like they were going out of style. They would also eat
> fresh shrimp,
> they might prefer plants but mine ate what ever I fed them. The
> baby turtles
> were from a nest a turtle laid in my greenhouse. When they hatched
> I took the
> babies to the pond and almost lost them all to the pacu. It could
> be they were
> just hungry due to lack of sufficient plant food to satisfy them.
> In the
> wild they might be a lot more picky.
>
> Michael
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