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The testicle-targeting Pacu.
Last week French police confirmed that the pacu — a relative of the piranha — had been caught by a man fishing on the River Seine, The Telegraph reports.
The Brazilian native caused panic in Swedish waters last month when a 20cm specimen was found in a sound off the nation’s southern coast.
The species, nicknamed the “ball-cutter”, has a reputation for using its teeth — which are similar to a human’s — to crush men’s testicles.
Pacus have reportedly caused men to die from blood loss after locking onto their testes.
While the animal is native to South America, pacus have also been sighted in Papua New Guinea, where they were reportedly introduced to boost fish stocks.
Henrik Carl, a fish expert at the Danish National History Museum, said the fish do not usually pose a threat to humans but there had been reports of fatal bites.
“They bite because they’re hungry and testicles sit nicely in their mouth,” he said.
“And its mouth is not so big, so of course it normally eats nuts, fruit, and small fish — but human testicles are just a natural target.”
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