It may look like the result of an ethically dubious genetic experiment, but this piranha-like fish is very real, and has taken up residence in one of America’s Great Lakes.

The Pacu fish , also known as “The Nut Cracker” and “The Ball-Cutter”, boasts a set of human-like teeth that allow it to eat nuts and seeds.

However, these fish have also been known to use their gnashers for something rather less appetising – chomping on human testicles.

Pacus are normally found in South America, but they have recently been spotted in Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said that, last month alone, it received three pacu reports – two from Lake St. Clair and one from the Port Huron area.

According to Nick Popoff, manager of the DNR’s Aquatic Species and Regulatory Affairs Unit, the pacus were probably released into the lake by pet-owners who no longer wanted to keep them.

Red-bellied pacus are popular aquarium fish, but they are known to grow significantly – often beyond the capacity of their tanks – and sometimes feed on other fish.

“Pet release is almost never humane,” said Nick Popoff, manager of the DNR’s Aquatic Species and Regulatory Affairs Unit.

“Pets released from confined, artificial environments are poorly equipped to fend off predators and may be unable to successfully forage for food or find shelter.

“Those that do succeed in the wild can spread exotic diseases to native animals.

“In the worst-case scenario, released animals can thrive and reproduce, upsetting natural ecosystems to the degree that these former pets become invasive species.”

The news may be alarming to any men who were planning to take a dip in Lake Michigan over the summer, as the fish has been known to bite off male swimmers’ testicles.

In 2013 a pacu was found in the River Seine in Paris , sending a collective shudder through the French male population.

The Paris Prefecture of Police newsletter reported that, although officers were sceptical of the tropical catch, its human-like teeth marked it out as the feared “testicle eating” pacu.

Local fish expert Henrik Carl said: “The pacu is not normally dangerous to people but it has quite a serious bite.

“In the worst-case scenario, released animals can thrive and reproduce, upsetting natural ecosystems to the degree that these former pets become invasive species.”

The news may be alarming to any men who were planning to take a dip in Lake Michigan over the summer, as the fish has been known to bite off male swimmers’ testicles.

In 2013 a pacu was found in the River Seine in Paris , sending a collective shudder through the French male population.

The Paris Prefecture of Police newsletter reported that, although officers were sceptical of the tropical catch, its human-like teeth marked it out as the feared “testicle eating” pacu.

Local fish expert Henrik Carl said: “The pacu is not normally dangerous to people but it has quite a serious bite.

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Ball-cutter.. So it eats balls! End time fish!!

Probably a rare species. The world is filled with mysterious creatures.

Who have watched mega piranha ...if u still remember that scene where someone's scrotal sac was chopped off

Oya click like

Even if the fish like let it hav horn or hunchback,e nor stop am from ending inside peppersoup in naija here.


Greetings to the people that ate a whole big fish that swallowed jonah in ogun abi in osun state.