Pacu fish live in freshwater areas in South America, and are related to the man-eating fish piranha. Pacu’s most recognizable feature is its sharp, human-like teeth.

They live in rivers and streams in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins of the Amazon Delta. The pacu fish is about 25 cm in length, but an adult fish can grow up to 90 cm and weigh up to 25 kg.

Pacu fish is also known by the nickname “Ball-biting fish”.

Pacu’s favorite foods are nuts, fruits that have fallen into the water, underwater vegetation, and snails. Thanks to its wide, sharp teeth and strong jaw muscles, this fish easily digests foods with hard shells. However, because it often confuses men’s genitals with their favorite nuts, Pacu often attacks them. men when they swim in the sea. That’s why Pacu fish is also known as “ball biting fish”.

Pacu use their teeth to crush nuts, fruits and many other invertebrates in the Amazon forest. They also love to eat meat, so when given the opportunity, they will become dangerous attackers towards humans.

In the US, it is legal to own this dangerous fish. People can easily buy them at aquarium stores.

“A fisherman in South America once bled to death after Pacu fish bit their testicles with their sharp teeth. Several other men in Papua New Guinea also had their testicles bitten off by them. Pacu are not dangerous, but the bite they cause is very serious,” fish expert Henrik Carl reported.

Although usually distributed mainly in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America, Papua New Guinea in Oceania, in recent years, Pacu have begun to appear in the US, Denmark and Paris. Some people in the UK have even bought these dangerous fish from fish websites, raising concerns about the appearance of “ball biting fish” in dams, ponds, lakes and rivers. in the land of mist.