Testicle-eating fish discovered in Illinois lake

MNN ^ | Thu, Aug 02 2012 | Bryan Nelson

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An invasive fish, known in some parts of the world as "The [CENSORED] Cutter" due to its alleged appetite for human testicles, has been found in Illinois' Lake Lou Yaeger, reports the Huffington Post.

 

Residents who frequent the lake have been on guard ever since a local fishermen caught one specimen in June. Originally believed to be a piranha, officials with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources later identified the fish as a pacu-- an Amazonian species related to the piranha. Unlike the piranha, though, which is known for its flesh-cutting serrated incisors, the pacu has blunt chompers that more closely resemble human teeth. They are also much larger than piranha, growing as large as 55 pounds.

 

The good news is the pacu's diet is normally vegetarian: nuts, leaves and aquatic vegetation. But in some parts of the world the fish is known to feast on nuts of a different sort. In Papua New Guinea, where the species was introduced in the 1990's to bolster local fisheries, the fish has been blamed for a series of horrifying attacks that left some men castrated.

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Barry's from Illinois, isn't he?

Just sayin'...

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In other news, the RNC has scheduled a mandatory swimming excursion for incoming Congressmen.

[OrangeHoof]

Let’s test it by putting Phil Donahue in there. If the fish finds nothing, we’ll know it’s true.

[Secret Agent Man]

if you use Phil Donohue you already KNOW the fish won’t find any.

[Paladin2]

Mrs. Huffington turned into a fish? Scary, especially so close to Halloween.

[ConservativeStatement]

Chef from South Park penned a song that could be appropriate.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Send Hillary.

[NYCslicker]

The good news is the fish will leave when it finds out what the tax rates are.

Even a testicle-eating fish can’t endure Pat Quinn’s anti-business fiscal policy.

[1010RD]

Is she doing a remake of the Don Knott’s film?

[garjog]

[TheBattman]

Pacu - a Central American fish in the same family as the piranha, though far more interested in vegetable matter than “meat”...

Pacu are very sensitive to water temperature. There is no way this fish has been in the water there more than a few months - water temperatures below 60 degrees will weaken them - eventually causing death. Temps below 50degrees are lethal fairly quickly.

Most assuredly, this fish came out of an aquarium. Probably outgrew its tank.

[MacMattico]

I’d ask Barry to go swimming but the fish would just starve.

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Mrs. Huffington turned into a fish? Scary, especially so close to Halloween.

You didn't see it coming?

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I guess the fish likes its meat smoked.

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And Reggie Love would be jealous.

[crazydad]

Thats where my wife threw them DAMN Her.

[HerrBlucher]

Why did I open and read this thread?

[CitizenM]

Yea, but Barry doesn’t have to worry. He can swim there safely. He doesn’t have any....ah...you know.

[goseminoles]

Maybe we could pitch in and send 3 to the white house???

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[Smokin' Joe]

I thought the water was fairly cold, and that would not leave much of a target...