Quote Originally Posted by J Barbosa View Post
Yet the pacu?s close relation to the piranha, and its taste for nuts, has recently given the fish a bad rap on the Internet.
[FONT=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]A pacu sighting off the coast of Denmark last month prompted a government scientist to issue a tongue-in-cheek warning: Male swimmers should keep their bathing suits firmly tied because the fish occasionally mistakes testicles for tree nuts.
The scientist, Peter Rask Moller of the Copenhagen Museum of Natural History, later backed off the warning, saying he was half-joking. But CNN picked up on the story, and it went global.
Although they are an invasive species, pacus are not considered a potential problem because their survival is unlikely when the water turns colder, he said.
A bear hug from DS himself? Waterboarding in Guatanamo would be more humane.
I think some folks might confuse the pacu with the candiru when it comes to the nut sack stories.

Here is a description of the candiru.
Candiru

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Not to be confused with Carandiru (disambiguation).
Candiru
Vandellia cirrhosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Loricarioidea
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Vandellia
Species: V. cirrhosa
Binomial name
Vandellia cirrhosa
Valenciennes, 1846

Candiru (English and Portuguese or candir? in Spanish), Vandellia cirrhosa, also known as ca?ero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin where it is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The definition of candiru differs between authors. The word has been used to refer to only Vandellia cirrhosa, the entire genus Vandellia, the subfamily Vandelliinae, or even the two subfamilies Vandelliinae and Stegophilinae.[1][2][3][4]
Although some candiru species have been known to grow to a size of 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, others are considerably smaller. These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra; however, despite ethnological reports dating back to the late 19th century,[5] the first documented case of the removal of a candiru from a human urethra did not occur until 1997, and even that incident has remained a matter of controversy.



Whatever, I would not want to handle that fish its nasty looking. Jb cool article. thanks for sharing.