Hide Your Husband, Hide Their Balls, the Pacu, a Testicle-eating Fish, is Here

Maybe it's a good thing summer is almost over. But if the cold river or lake is not enough to deter men who love swimming, then maybe this news will. At the last check, the testicle eating fish was just native to places in South America, but now it has been found in the US, Sweden, France, and could be making it's way to the UK.

According to the Independent,

The Pacu, a fish dubbed the ‘ball-cutter’ because it has reportedly bitten off men’s testicles, has been found in Paris and there are fears it could be making its way to the UK.

The small piranha-like fish was found in European waters for the first time in August with experts warning men to keep their trunks on if swimming in the Øresund channel between Denmark and Sweden.

Now the pacu has been found in the River Seine, The Paris Prefecture of Police newsletter revealed on Tuesday. Although officers were skeptical of the tropical catch, its human-like teeth marked the species as the feared ‘testicle eating’ pacu.

So, to all men out there, please keep the family jewels in your trunks and out of the Pacu's mouth :)