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I was reading threads on pfish and a guy has a thread about his spilo being a whimp. anyways, he posts this statement.
"A lot of people on here think the RHOMBEUS <-hope that is spelled right, lol, is the BLACK piranha and it is NOT. It is actually the white piranha. Niger is the black. I even see the online fish stores like aquascape and shark aquarium selling the "blacks" when they are actually whites and not as agressive as the actual NIGER."
so I pm'ed him:
"Actually there is no such thing as a s. niger. black piranha and white piranha are the same thing, s. rhombeus. Thought I would give you the heads up."
he writes back:
"Hmmm thats funny, the scientific name is in all the fish books, maybe you need to study some. Thanks"
I write back:
"Why dont you ask the question. Is there such a thing as a s. niger? and you will find that all the books are out dated and are giving completely false information. I was just trying to be nice and let you know over the pm before you made a biger ass of yourself trying to talk about a species that doesnt exist.
your welcome."
This is what he writes back:
"shibbyshibbyshibbyshibby off dick face, you school boy punk"
I replied:
"Interesting response for such an "educated" man. I am including a few links to the most up to date information with regards to piranha species. On the first page about S. Niger if you read the entire page you will see that it is not a valid species. The second link about S. Rhombeus, you will see the common names are black and white piranha. You should do a little more research before you tell someone else too. The web sight is very informative, thought you might be interested in this information. And just so you know, I have not been a "school boy punk" for about 13 years."
I gave him links to franks pages."
Just thought I would share, you try to help some people and they just cant accept it.
Sorry for the long post.
later
"A lot of people on here think the RHOMBEUS <-hope that is spelled right, lol, is the BLACK piranha and it is NOT. It is actually the white piranha. Niger is the black. I even see the online fish stores like aquascape and shark aquarium selling the "blacks" when they are actually whites and not as agressive as the actual NIGER."
so I pm'ed him:
"Actually there is no such thing as a s. niger. black piranha and white piranha are the same thing, s. rhombeus. Thought I would give you the heads up."
he writes back:
"Hmmm thats funny, the scientific name is in all the fish books, maybe you need to study some. Thanks"
I write back:
"Why dont you ask the question. Is there such a thing as a s. niger? and you will find that all the books are out dated and are giving completely false information. I was just trying to be nice and let you know over the pm before you made a biger ass of yourself trying to talk about a species that doesnt exist.
your welcome."
This is what he writes back:
"shibbyshibbyshibbyshibby off dick face, you school boy punk"
I replied:
"Interesting response for such an "educated" man. I am including a few links to the most up to date information with regards to piranha species. On the first page about S. Niger if you read the entire page you will see that it is not a valid species. The second link about S. Rhombeus, you will see the common names are black and white piranha. You should do a little more research before you tell someone else too. The web sight is very informative, thought you might be interested in this information. And just so you know, I have not been a "school boy punk" for about 13 years."
I gave him links to franks pages."
Just thought I would share, you try to help some people and they just cant accept it.
Sorry for the long post.
later
