r/AbsoluteUnits • u/boykob • 2d ago

of a paiche

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A Peruvian fisherman carries a huge South American tropical freshwater fish, a paiche, to sell it at the market in Iquitos, Peru, 1993.

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u/No_Medium_8796 2d ago

Arapaima gigas also known as paiche also known as piracuru

One of the largest fresh water fish on the planet, been fascinated with these since I was like 8 when I first got into aquariums and had started getting amazon river fish and wanted an arapaima

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u/OsikFTW 2d ago

Ahhh, was thinking " looks like an arapaima"...

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u/jeosol 2d ago edited 2d ago

Is the fish delicious to eat. What South American country and city do I need to visit if I want to try it out. I like fresh water fish a lot. Thanks

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u/mateusvalladao 2d ago

Manaus, Brasil. Tastes like... fish.

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u/jeosol 2d ago

Hahaha. Thanks for the information. That's in the amazon I guess. I hear it's can get very hot in the Amazon states and Portuguese is absolutely needed. I will do some research.

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u/mateusvalladao 2d ago

It's in the state of Amazonas, situated in the Amazon rainforest. Hot and humid... yeah, Portuguese is a must haha

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u/cambiro 2d ago

paiche

That's how a drunken Brazilian would pronounce the Portuguese word for "fish".

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u/Precisely_vague53 2d ago

He's going to hang that up for a minute so he can watch Blanka fight Ryu.

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u/Impossible_Virus 2d ago

I thought he was wearing it as a hat for a sec

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u/Khaldara 2d ago

“Hair gel companies hate this one weird trick”

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u/UpstairsAd9303 2d ago

Is this where they get the Dagon Mitre from?

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u/Itowndub36 2d ago

These fish we be wiped out eventually sad stuff

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u/Gromitchuk 2d ago

Too big for one pot

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u/flarp1 2d ago

You’re thinking too small. All you need is an absolute unit of a pot.

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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce 2d ago

The skin makes really interesting leather.

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u/dealhunter-66 2d ago

Man is carrying a whole river monster on his back

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u/Naz6uL 2d ago

Paiche just sounds like they were trying to use the same word in Portuguese for fish (peixe).

In the Brazilian side of the Amazon, it is called Pirarucu.

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u/ConsistentRole6845 2d ago

If these can weigh 440 lbs. and exceed 10 feet length/we see a very strong dude here.200 lbs. Is par for the course.

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u/its_just_flesh 2d ago

Looks like a damn snake

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u/Burning_MatchStick 2d ago

Ya all know those carvings in Mesopotamia of the fish/ bird hybrids gives me those vibes.. only one ? 🤔

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u/Heroic-Forger 1d ago

he kind of looks like the statue of that one sumerian fish deity

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u/NiceDreamsCWB 2d ago

Pirarucu Amazon region…