Nut-eating fish danger to skinny-dippers in Scandinavia...

[Teelie]

Pacu attack! Seriously. That took no effort to make a double entendre out of.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, as the saying goes, male skinny-dippers in Scandinavia are being warned about a fish infamous for munching on testicles.

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Though the fish has big teeth and looks menacing, it is generally known as a friendly cousin of the piranha. The Pacu's large teeth aren't as sharp as the piranha's but are "fully capable" of severing fishing lines and fingers, the museum's experts said. Oh yeah, and the Pacu is vegetarian, unlike it's meat-eating cousin.

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So why should swimmers beware? Pacu fish love crushing nuts with their powerful jaws and sometimes can mistake the male reproductive organs for their favorite snack.

CNN

Probably someone kept it in their aquarium until they realized these things require more than a small tank. 100 gallons easily or more. Per fish.

 

[Piper Maru]

Well I'm not worried because I don't live in Scandinavia and I don't like swimming. But I feel sorry for anyone who fell victim to these nut-munchers.



Also, because it can't be helped....You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish.

 

[YavinIV]

Funny world we live in.
Never heard of the Pacu fish before... its bottom teeth look incredibly human I think.

 

[Teelie]

I keep fish though nowhere near this size and I'm not planning on it any time soon but I'm quite familar with most species of freshwater fish that are kept and Pacu are one of the larger species people get duped into buying sometimes.

It's got the piranha look but not the piranha appetite for meat. It does however have the potential size to be too much for an amateur keeper. Always a good idea to research what you buy before you buy it.

 

[Piper Maru]

Well anyone who had read the article and insists on skinny dipping is nuts!

 

[Teelie]

Not if they swim in the wrong location.

 

[gohei_]

Well anyone who had read the article and insists on skinny dipping is nuts!

I saw a group of people skinny dipping just yesterday here in Sweden

 

[Piper Maru]

Even than it's going to take some balls.

 

[Warhammer]

I saw this fish on an episode of River Monsters. Jeremy Wade went nuts in that episode.

 

[KevanG]

I've seen this fish in a few places online. Cracked.com, our own scary **** in the ocean thead and a few other places.

 

[Darthphere]

I've never laughed at a thread title this hard before.

 

[Silvermoth]

Thanks for the heads up OP

 

[chamber-music]

Isn't this why we invented swimming pools so that we don't have to deal with natures monsters when we swim?

 

[Teelie]

Ghost shark can invade swimming pools too.

 

[Airwings]

This is a very good premise for a B horror film.
Youngsters who like to party and drink alcohol on the beach decides to go skinny dipping, and it will be a bloody slaughter when hundreds of these fish go in attack mode.
All the victims will survive of course, but they will no longer be able to mate with those sexy B horror girls who don't do anything alse than run around in their bikinis, screaming

 

[Teelie]

And have the pacu team up with the candiru and it's the ultimate nightmare fish tag-team.

 

[kane9321]

this is nuts

 

[Morg]

it's bogus