My animal is: piranha
Country of origin: rivers and streams of eastern Northwestern South America
Habitat: rivers and streams weight 3 or 4 pounds. Height: 15" to 2 feet buut most do not reach 15". My animal eats: prey mainly on other fishes but most species are plant eater.
My animal's scientific name is: genus serrasalmus My animal is a member of the Characidae family. How does the animal care for it's babies?

What are the animal's natural enemies? fishermen
What do people value my animal for? they are edible and as pets.
How long does the animal lives? What does the animal look like? they are oval shapedan flat. they can be silverly blue too, almost black. Some interesting facts about my animal are: Once aroused they can quickly reduce a large mammals to a skeleton.

My sources of information are: Encyclopedia and internet