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Rare fish nicknamed the Nutcracker that bites men’s testicles as they swim

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A rare fish known for gnawing through men’s  testicles while they are out swimming has been found in the River Seine in  Paris.

The sharped-tooth Pacu is a Piranha-style  creature with a variety of nicknames, including ‘The Nutcracker’.

Mainly found in steamy South American waters,  it is known for gliding below male swimmers and taking a nibble out of their  most sensitive organ, sometimes allegedly ripping it off and swallowing  it.

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The Pacu, which is of Brazilian Indian origin, is  technically a vegetarian, but tends to be attracted to male genitalia for  unknown reasons

A fisherman in Paris called the river police  when he reeled in the frightening looking fish, which can weigh as much as 25  kilos, last Friday morning.

‘He sent us an image of the picture through  his smart phone and it turned out to be a Pacu,’ said a police spokesman. ‘It is  a fish with a very dangerous bite!’

The Pacu, which is of Brazilian Indian  origin, is technically a vegetarian, but tends to be attracted to male genitalia  for unknown reasons.

There have been unconfirmed reports of  fishermen in Papua New Guinea having their manhoods ripped off by the  fish.

When  one was found in Denmark last month, Copenhagen University professor Peter Rask  Moller said: ‘All we suggested was that swimmers keep their pants on until we  know if there are more of these fish out in our brackish waters.’

When Pacu turn up in strange places, it is  usually because the owner of an exotic aquarium has dumped one.

‘Pacu are commonly kept in aquaria because  they are fairly docile, but look like piranhas,’ Peter Moyle, a fish biologist,  told the Los Angeles Times last month.

‘They grow quickly in captivity and, unlike  goldfish, will outgrow aquaria, so owners release them into whatever pond they  can find locally.’

The Seine is nowadays considered too dirty  for swimming in, and police said that the chillier weather would soon ensure  that fish like the Pacu would not survive.



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