Fish with an appetite for Testicles

[rug]

Posted by Metro Staff Writer on Dec 31st, 2011



Zimmetro — This is the ferocious ‘Ball Cutter’ fish, which has killed two men by biting off their testicles. A British angler has told how he snared a predator known to feast on the testicles of men. Jeremy Wade, 53, spent weeks fishing in remote Papua New Guinea after locals told him how a mysterious beast was castrating young men in the area’s waters.

He finally caught the perpetrator: the Pacu fish, known locally as The Ball Cutter. Jeremy wrestled the 40lb monster on the floor of his boat and opened its snapping jaws with his bare hands to discover a set of human-like teeth. The Ball Cutter boasts an impressive set of gnashers, which tear off the testicles of unwitting anglers and swimmers, leaving them to bleed to death. Jeremy, from Bath, Somerset, told how he reeled in The Ball Cutter as part of his new series of River Monsters, aired on ITV next week.



http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32084/fish-with-an-appetite-for-testicles/

Just when I thought the worst was behind us.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Oh bullshit! That's just Ann Coulter.

[irisblue]

12. !

i had to dry my keyboard off with the blow dryer...amazing what makeup can do.

[frogmarch]

2. Why don't the men wear swim trunks?

Pacu will eat anything, and the teeth in the roof of their mouths shows these fish are very good at crushing nuts.

from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacu

Pacu are commonly sold as 'Vegetarian Piranhas' to home aquarium owners. With the proper equipment and commitment, pacu have been known to make responsive pets. One such example was Swish, a 75 cm (30-inch) pacu owned for over 20 years by a Chinese restaurant (Kau Kau) in the Chinatown district in Seattle, Washington; one aquarium technician said of Swish, "He'd rub his body on your arms, kind of like a dog."[4]
However, there is some question of whether the fish are a good choice for the typical hobbyist. While they are not aggressive carnivores like the piranha, their crushing jaw system, used primarily for eating seeds and nuts, can be hazardous. One toddler needed surgery after a pacu (misreported as a piranha) bit her finger at Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World in Scotland. Commenting on the incident, Deep Sea World zoological manager Matthew Kane warned "Pacus will eat anything, even children’s wiggling fingers."[5] Another such incident occurred when a 60 cm (24-inch) Pacu (named Pacu) jumped out of his tank in Fort Worth, TX and bit the nose of his owner, which was later re-attached sans left nostril.

[undeterred]

3. When I went to Brazil we spent a couple hours fishing the Amazon at Manaus...

There is apparently nothing in the Amazon that doesn't have a bite taken out of it from a piranha. Its friggin scary. Even the frogs are usually missing a leg.

[marmar]

4. To quote Shaggy, "Zoinks!"

[rocktivity]

7. I thought it was

"Zoiks!"


rocktivity

[marmar]

9. Zoinks for sure......

[rocktivity]

5. Hmmm...the story doesn't mention what the fisherman used

as bait...


rocktivity

[Lasher]

6. I like to watch River Monsters.

Awesome fish are hauled up in some episodes.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Nice choppers

I wonder what they floss with

[rug]

10. Vas deferens.

[progressoid]

11. Ok, I'm kinda creeped out.

Normally, this stuff doesn't bug me but those teeth...