Two die in fish dismemberment

[zzyzzx]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/07/06/FFX6HAXEROC.html

Two die in fish dismemberment

PORT MORESBY
Friday 6 July 2001

Two Papua New Guinea fishermen have bled to death after having their penises bitten off by pirahna-like river fish.

The fish, which zero in on urine streams in the water, have struck terror among villagers along the Sepik River, in north-western PNG.

Authorities believe the killer fish is an introduced member of the South American pacu family and a relative of the piranha.

In both of last month's fatalities, the fish demonstrated a trait of the piranha by following a trail of urine in the water, swimming to its source and then biting it off with razor-sharp teeth.

Some believe the killer may be a food-source fish introduced from Brazil in 1994 by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation and the PNG National Fisheries Authority.

However, marine biologist and aquaculturist Ian Middleton said he believed they were a different species, introduced from across the PNG-Indonesia border.





He believed the fish had started biting humans because of a lack of naturally occurring food. "The reason for biting people on their genitals is a result of the fish detecting a chemical change in the water, swimming up the urine trail and biting the genitals."

This behavior was well documented in the Amazon, he said.

The director of the PNG Office of Environment and Conservation, Dr Wari Iamo, yesterday expressed "grave concern and dissatisfaction" at the way some government agencies and donor organisations had gone about importing exotic plant and animal species.

[mijman]

Finally, a GOOD reason not to pee in the pool!

[zzyzzx]

You have pirahna's in your pool?

[Riot_Inc]

that's why you gotta be careful where you pee.

same with a bush. two peckers might come in contact, and your pecker's gonna lose.

[mijman]

Don't you? It sure makes ya swim faster!

[zzyzzx]

They should have been urinating in this instead:

[Mrhide]

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On 2001-09-19 17:08:47, zzyzzx wrote:
They should have been urinating in this instead:

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It's stupid hate like this that's ganna destroy us all ..

wake up america ...

[d4n13l]

Mrhide,
Yeah hating KNOWN TERRORISTS THAT THE U.S. HAVE BEEN AFTER FOR YEARS - is a really bad thing to do.
Instead of hating this guy - lets love him!
Bin L-A-D-A-N WE-LOVE-YOU!!!
Bin laden cha cha cha
Bin laden cha cha cha

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I think not...

[likkletree]

Is'nt there a tiny fish that actually swims up the p-i-s-s stream and into the person who is emitting the yellow stuff ? From there it swims into the blood stream, lays its eggs and dies ? The eggs hatch and the baby fish have to find a way out ! mmm I wonder how that happens ! Or is this another Urban Friggin legend ?

[vcdwizard]

There is a small fish in the south america that has spurs and there has be cases where it swam up some unlucky guys pee hole and got stuck in there. Some parsites I think can get in there too. lol Never pee in the water i guess, piss from the bank lol

[lhorwinkle]

This sounds like a hoax. Don't believe everything you read. Especially on the 'net.

[d4n13l]

I guess that means I shouldnt believe your post then...