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Pacu, Testicle-Eating Fish, Found in Illinois

I hope this goes here, its pretty fishy.

 Started by svenshoegazer , Jul 09 2012 11:52 PM

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 02:15 AM

 Sakari, on 10 July 2012 - 01:44 AM, said:

It does not eat testicles......It was not found in a lake, as it lives in the ocean....

It is a sheepshead.


I don't care what it eats, but I wouldn't suggest anyone to let that fish come near anybody's testicles. ha ha.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 02:25 AM

That is so disturbing .....
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 02:51 AM

 Sakari, on 10 July 2012 - 01:44 AM, said:

It does not eat testicles......It was not found in a lake, as it lives in the ocean....

It is a sheepshead.


We grew up with a  "sheepshead" in Lake Erie where they were also called freshwater drum. Don't remember their teeth though.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 04:07 AM

 jules99, on 10 July 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

Maybe an opening in the soft plastic lure market for a creative fisher.. :whistle:
add 2 dangly, fleshy, round...uhh you noe wat :tu:

 Iron_Lotus, on 10 July 2012 - 01:58 AM, said:

that is one disgusting looking fish say's it's edible i sure as hell wouldn't eat it.
who would wanna eat a fish tat has eaten a mans testicle? :no: it would take a veeeeeeery hungry person to wanna eat tat fish :yes:
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 04:18 AM

So, me and the boys are safe then? I was just about to cancel my trip to Illinois.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 04:18 AM

i was talking about the sheepshead, which does not eat testicles...

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 05:51 AM

 Iron_Lotus, on 10 July 2012 - 04:18 AM, said:

i was talking about the sheepshead, which does not eat testicles...
Until, it eats your testicles.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 05:59 AM

Ok, so maybe it was a gay sheepshead?

I'm just saying......

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 06:00 AM

Just the same; thanks for the ichthyological lesson Mr. Lotus! That made more sense than most things in this thread.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 06:35 AM

 Likely Guy, on 10 July 2012 - 06:00 AM, said:

Just the same; thanks for the ichthyological lesson Mr. Lotus! That made more sense than most things in this thread.

Well, there you go, wanting things to make sense and being all serious and stuff. Jeez, what is this board coming to these days?

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 12:05 PM

Give that "thing" a wide birth, dont want anything nibbling the nads!

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

Jeremy Wade of River Monsters fame has weighed in on the fish:

http://blogs.discove...#mkcpgn=fbapl14

A pacu fish, native to the Amazon River Basin, was caught last month in Illinois' Lake Lou Yaeger by a local fisherman. This fish has strong human-like teeth and is closely related to the piranha. While the fish doesn't pose a real threat to humans, in its native home it's known as the "ball cutter" after two fishermen died from wounds sustained from the toothy fish.
Jeremy Wade, host of Animal Planet’s River Monsters, has some first-hand experience dealing with the pacu.

Wade was also able to share a few comments with us on the nature of the pacu fish, in light of the recent reports out of Illinois.
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"Pacu are normally vegetarian, but can be carnivorous.  They are also very hardy fish, good at surviving outside their native Amazon, as long as the water isn't too cold.  In Papua New Guinea, they have bitten people; however, this was following a stocking of thousands of fish, into a situation with very few native species and a shortage of their preferred type of food (seeds and nuts).  The fish in the reports are almost certainly pet fish that outgrew their tanks.  In order to breed, there would need to be many more of them in the water.  While it would not be true to say there is no risk of being bitten by a pacu in the US, the chances would be very small.  Driving to and from the lake would be many times more dangerous."
Learn more about the pacu and its eating habits, and check out photosof Wade up close and personal with a red-bellied pacu.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 03:11 PM

I've seen pacu in an aquarium and don't remember it having teeth like those sheepshead do.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 03:19 PM

AWESOME! :D i mean... that is one scary fish.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 04:04 PM

A sheepshead and a pacu are two totally different fish, that live in two totally different bodies of water. Sheepshead are a saltwater fish that eats barnacles, crabs, shrimp, etc... They do have human looking teeth to help them crush the shells of the crustaceans that they are fond of. Pretty good eating too. The pacu is a south american fish related to the piranah that is a vegetarian. They are also a big time business in the pet trade all over the United States. This is the reason that they sometimes wind up in freshwater lakes in the U.S. People buy them for their aquariums not realizing that they can get pretty big, and occasionally do eat meat, and then don't know what to do with them. So, they drive on down to the local lake and release them to fend for themselves. Very few places in the U.S. has the climate to support a tropical fish such as that, in fact South Florida is most likely the only one. they have been caught occasionally  in lakes here in south Mississippi. They die when it gets cold.

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