The so-called testicle eating fish, or pacu, was caught by a local fisherman on the Suncoast recently, the catch has researchers wondering how the piranha relative wound up in Florida waters.

According to MySuncoast, Tom Rigby caught the ballsy fish using shrimp as bait and when his line sped off he thought he had hooked a Jack Crevalle due to the feisty fight.



Rigby landed the fish and was unable to ID it on his local water fish chart, so he snapped a picture and sent it in to Mote Marine to ID for him. Which they did - as a South American pacu.

“I found out it has a reputation for going after men’s testicles. I was just worried about it biting my finger.” That is something will make men everywhere cringe. Indeed!