Un pacu, cousin du piranha, a été repêché dans la Seine
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2013/09/03/un-pacu-cousin-du-piranha-a-ete-repeche-dans-la-seine_3470570_3244.html
Un pêcheur à la ligne a eu la suprise de découvrir un étrange poisson au bout de sa ligne, vendredi 30 août. Il s’agit d’un pacu, espèce cousine – et végétarienne – du Piranha, a indiqué la préfecture de police de Paris.
Autre climat, autres mœurs : quand on le trouve en Suède (tout ça très loin de sa région d’origine), il se nourrit d’autre chose…
Swedish men told to beware testicle-munching fish - Telegraph
▻http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/10234986/Swedish-men-told-to-beware-testicle-munching-fish.html
The alert came after a fisherman in the Oresund Sound last week retrieved a 21 centimetre pacu - a relative of the piranha that is most commonly found in the Amazon region.
“Keep your swimwear on if you’re bathing in the Sound these days - maybe there are more out there!” cautioned the National History Museum in neighbouring Denmark.
The freshwater fish, which can grow up to 90 centimetres and weigh up to 25 kilogrammes, has been nicknamed the “ball cutter” for its attacks on the male genitalia.
In areas where pacus proliferate, fishermen have reportedly bled to death after losing their testicles to the fish’s crushing jaws.