Swedish Male Swimmers Beware

[BRAWNDO]

A relative of the piranha has shown up in Southern Swedish Waters.

 

The fish species is more usually found in warmer climes, and has a reputation as something of a ball breaker among male swimmers, an expert confirmed for The Local.

 

"The pacu is not normally dangerous to people but it has quite a serious bite, there have been incidents in other countries, such as Papua New Guinea where some men have had their testicles bitten off," said Henrik Carl, fish expert at the Danish museum.

 

While Carl said the museum's warning about the pacu, sometimes known as the "ball cutter", was meant "as a bit of fun", human victims of the pacu are rarely laughing.

 

"They bite because they're hungry, and testicles sit nicely in their mouths" he explained.

 

Keep your swimwear on if you're bathing in the Sound these days - maybe there are more out there!" the Natural History Museum of Denmark wrote.

 

 

Ouch

 

http://www.thelocal.se/49558/20130809/

Edited August 11, 2013 by BRAWNDO

[Shamrock]

The pacu bite nuts of the tree kind to eat, common overhang in PNG.

[bowery4]

"No, there's nothing to worry about... you're more likely to drown that get your nuts bitten off," he told The Local with a laugh.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Pacu is freshwater tropical... How does it live in saltwater and cold climate like Sweden??

[Beerball]

Nutcracker found in River Seine.

[Beerball]

Nutcracker found in River Seine.

and a lake in Jersey?