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"When biologists say the pacu fish eats nuts, they may be correct in more ways than one.
The pacu, a toothy fish that can weigh up to 55 pounds, has been spotted in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, KSDK reports.
Responding to a report that a fisherman had reeled in a piranha on June 7, lake superintendent Jim Caldwell brought the fish to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, where it was identified as a pacu. Some reports say another pacu was seen a couple of weeks later.
Residents of Papua New Guinea may beg to differ. There, according to British fisherman Jeremy Wade, the pacu is known as the "ball cutter." In 2011, Wade said locals informed him that two fisherman had died from blood loss after something in the water had bitten off their testicles."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/07/pacu-testicle-eating-fish-illinois-lake_n_1656015.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
warrior1
(12,325 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...an armored codpiece.
cindyperry2010
(846 posts)once on river monsters ( jeremy wade ) fishing for it nasty thing it is.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... should be fine with pacu.
ret5hd
(20,495 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)JesterCS
(1,827 posts)alfredo
(60,074 posts)person who found that it had quickly outgrew its tank and was eating all vegetation.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)... no, not really.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)unless these dudes were going commando and letting their naughty bits gently wave back and forth in the current? Like a fish lure, but the fish apparently keep biting just the bait instead of the rather useless hook attached.
davsand
(13,421 posts)And, WHAT, exactly, does one use for bait if fishing for pacu? Does anybody really want to go there?
Laura
aquart
(69,014 posts)BTW, how would these fish survive in Afghanistan?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Okay, no comment.