It is a constituent of sucrose, of raffinose, and of the polysaccharide inulin, from which it may be obtained by hydrolysis.
Habitat Preference. Piranhas are native to the central and southern river systems of South America, where they inhabit tropical rivers and streams and are often found in murky water. When collected in the United States they have been found in ponds, lakes, rivers, and borrow pits.iranhas are aggressive predators that lurk in vegetation and ambush and chase prey. Their diet consists mostly of insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, small fish, and some plant matter, but they often feed in large groups to kill larger prey like capybaras. Piranhas have few predators in the wild except man.
Ten people savaged by flesh-eating piranhas in Argentinian river as they tried to cool off in blistering 41C heat. 1  Attack occurred in same Argentine river where 70 were injured last month.  Vicious, sharp-toothed creatures known as palometas, a species of piranha.