Daily Telegraph [UK]
10 August 2013
By Hannah Strange
Experts have warned Swedish men to keep their swimming
trunks on if taking a dip in a sound off the country's southern coast, after a
South American fish known for attacking testicles was discovered in the area.
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. […]
National Geographic
13 August 2013
Danish male swimmers, your testicles are (probably)
safe.
Ker Than
Danish male swimmers, you can go back into the water
now.
The recent capture of a fish species off the coast of
Denmark that is rumored to sometimes mistake human male genitalia for nuts
sparked fears of "testicle-eating fish" invading Scandinavian
waters—and even led experts to caution men to keep their swimsuits well tied.
But the scientists say that their warning wasn't
intended to be taken seriously, and that it's highly unlikely that swimmers
will encounter a pacu, as the fish is called. […]