
Piranhas simultaneously replace all the teeth on one side of their mouth
An article published in the journal “Evolution & Development” reports a research on the replacement of teeth in piranhas, the famous carnivorous fish that live in South America’s rivers and lagoons. They, like other species of the Serrasalmidae family commonly known as pacus which are omnivorous, simultaneously replace all the teeth on one side on their mouth. It was a known mechanism but only now it’s been observed and therefore proven.