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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: huntnphool on August 07, 2013, 03:23:13 PM

Title: Arlington Man Catches A Pacu
Post by: huntnphool on August 07, 2013, 03:23:13 PM: http://www.pawnation.com/2013/08/07/fisherman-catches-creepy-looking-fish/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D354752 (http://www.pawnation.com/2013/08/07/fisherman-catches-creepy-looking-fish/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D354752)
Title: Re: Arlington Man Catches A Pacu
Post by: MtnMuley on August 07, 2013, 03:30:34 PM: Saw that. Seems like every summer, somebody catches one in a WA lake. Good place to dump your unwanted aquarium fish suppose.
Title: Re: Arlington Man Catches A Pacu
Post by: WonkyWapiti on August 08, 2013, 09:11:27 PM: I saw this on the news tonight. I had to laugh when he said they had a bunch of kids over this weekend for a birthday party and he didn't show them the picture of the fish until after they were done swimming. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Arlington Man Catches A Pacu
Post by: snowpack on August 08, 2013, 09:16:13 PM: Don't want to swim in water with that fish. Those are the ones that eat testicles. :yike:
Title: Re: Arlington Man Catches A Pacu
Post by: Elkaholic daWg on August 12, 2013, 07:11:57 PM: Quote from: snowpack on August 08, 2013, 09:16:13 PM
Don't want to swim in water with that fish. Those are the ones that eat testicles. :yike:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/12/testicle-biting-fish-may-be-invading-denmark/?test=latestnews (http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/12/testicle-biting-fish-may-be-invading-denmark/?test=latestnews)

Jaws may not be the only one salivating as you splash.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a cousin of the piranha reported to go after swimmer's testicles has been found in coastal waters between Sweden and Denmark. And fish experts are warning locals to stay aware -- in order to stay whole.

"Keep your swimwear on if you're bathing in the Sound these days -- maybe there are more out there!" Henrik Carl, a fish expert at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, told Swedish news site The Local.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/12/testicle-biting-fish-may-be-invading-denmark/?test=latestnews#ixzz2boMT33t2 (http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/12/testicle-biting-fish-may-be-invading-denmark/?test=latestnews#ixzz2boMT33t2)