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Rivers, Fins and Fruit

Red-Bellied Piranhas: What do piranhas really eat?

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Look at this fish. It lives in rivers in South America.

Its belly is red. Its body is gray, with bits of silver.

It has rows of sharp teeth.

It lives in the Amazon River.

It swims in a shoal. A shoal is lots of fish.

It eats fish. It eats shrimp and worms too.

It eats insects. It eats fins from the tails of big fish.

It eats plants and fruit too.

A shoal swims on in the Amazon River.

Words to know

  • shoal: fish group
  • insects: small bugs
  • Amazon: a big river

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