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At a Santarém fish market, customers said they had no idea fishermen were using dolphins to catch the catfish, known as piracatinga in Brazil.
NYT > Global Home By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO 2011
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Using the flesh from one carcass, fishermen can catch up to 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of piracatinga.
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The dolphins are attractive to anglers for their fatty flesh that is a highly effective bait for catching a type of catfish called piracatinga.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Using the flesh from one carcass, fishermen can catch up to 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of piracatinga.
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Using the flesh from one carcass, fishermen can catch up to 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of piracatinga.
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The dolphins are attractive to anglers for their fatty flesh that is a highly effective bait for catching a type of catfish called piracatinga.
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Using the flesh from one carcass, fishermen can catch up to 1,100 pounds of piracatinga.
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Using the flesh from one carcass, fishermen can catch up to 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of piracatinga.
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The dolphins are attractive to anglers for their fatty flesh that is a highly effective bait for catching a type of catfish called piracatinga.
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The dolphins are attractive to anglers for their fatty flesh that is a highly effective bait for catching a type of catfish called piracatinga.
hernesheir commented on the word piracatinga
It's a fish.
January 1, 2012