RE: About those Piranha Bugs - LOOOOONG (Scavenger vs. Predator)

David Rodemaker wrote:

>This is also assuming that 'stripping to the bone' is not merely a 
>defensive
>reaction. Like a hive of bee's swarming and stinging. They might eat
and
>excrete dirt like an earthworm...

Seems like a lot of energy to expend on defense when just biting for
pain is 
so effective and much more efficient for so many other animals.  I could
be 
wrong, but the original description really seemed to indicate that these

were predators.

Brian B2

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