Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

https://lemmy.world/post/28353804

Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water - Lemmy.World

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Is this an example of convergent evolution?

Hey it is! Kinda. I Think.

But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?

I thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish’s front teeth aren’t flat like ours. They’re more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing
Pacu Fish: The Piranha Cousin With Human-like Teeth

In 2023, 11-year-old Charlie Clinton from Oklahoma made headlines by catching a pacu - a South American fish known for its human-like teeth - in a pond behind his house, far from its native Amazon habitat.

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