OPEFE CURRENT NEWS OF THE DAY
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03/15/2012 - Continuing research on Serrasalmus serrulatus and S. eigenmanni. Also been providing piranha keepers forum photos of microscopic images of tiny piranha teeth and jaws.
03/7/2012 - OPEFE is banned from a United Kingdom Forum (piranhaforum.uk). Administrator, didn't like the idea that he could not use OPEFE material without permission. He considered OPEFE "forum" property as his. Also personal attacks from Lucien Bal, aka memento/Combi Christ continued unabated (from October 4, 2011) at that forum and piranha-fury (USA). Screen shots were kept as backup evidence on OPEFE server. Lucien Bal has a personal science web site that tries to dispute OPEFE evidence. Lucien Bal has only kept piranhas as pets for 2 years (proof on file) and became interested in science after visiting and learning from OPEFE in 2009.
3/1/2010 - The species name "cariba" has been reassigned back to Pygocentrus.
01/05/2012 - Piranha Forum UK became the first piranha forum to ever ban my presence. Wish them luck.
01/04/2012 - Removal of Piranha Forum UK from OPEFE endorsement. Administrators allowed non-factual remarks about me and OPEFE to go unchallenged by a member there. I submitted factual comments attributed to this member. The post was removed.
12/12/11 - Updated status of S. cariba. No longer a Pygocentrus. VIEW
12/12/2011 - Jeramy Magallanes, my son has been added as an OPEFE associate member.
12/7/2011 - Human attacked and killed by piranha bite in Bolivia added to genus Pygocentrus. VIEW
12/7/2011 - Completed OPEFE Research pages, added new material and pages linked.
12/6/2011 - Adjusting home page and research page.
11/23/2011 - Working on Other Predatory Fishes revisions.
11/19/2011 - Portland, Oregon wholesale tropical fish dealer looking for juvenile baby red-bellied piranha source. Contact opefe@charter.com if you run a breeding operation in Oregon
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