Hideously Bizarre Ball Biting Freshwater Monsters

August 08, 2012 Aron No comments

Goliath Tiger Fish. The biggest Tiger Fish on record was nearly 5ft long and weighed 154lbs, the equivalent of a super-welterweight prizefighter

This is why I don’t go into the water very much…never mind the fact that some of these things are as big as a cow, or that some can paralyse you with a minor 500-volt electric shock, the most frightful side effect from going into these waters is the fact that it may leave you testicle-less.

Yes testicle-less…It seems as if some of these ugly bastards have developed a taste for testicles.

Adventurer and star of the series of ‘River Monsters’ Jeremy Wade’s unconventional approach to finding the worst of the bizarre looking water dwellers is fuelled by the desire to not only to see the unseen but to make people aware that the creatures are more under threat from man than man is from them.

“The fishing line is just a means to an end. Having seen it, I then return it to the water.

Although potentially dangerous to people, many of these ‘monsters’ are misunderstood; only in rare instances – such as a giant snakehead protecting its young – do they wilfully attack people.”

Yah right…That is of course until they smell some fresh balls in the water (the ugly looking one right below).

Pacu fish in Tongwinjamb in Papua New Guinea. The pacu is referred to as the ‘ball cutter’ after killing two men by biting off their testicles

The giant grouper, also known as the brindlebass, brown spotted cod, or bumblebee grouper.

A Payara fish. The animal is known as the Dog Tooth Characin or the Vampire Fish, due to its protruding front dentures.

Piranha

A stingray on the banks of the Parana River in Argentina.

Stingray in the Parana River.

The African Lung Fish which is found in The Congo. They have a series of rows of teeth to form a fan-shaped surface. Lungfish are best known for retaining primitive characteristics including the ability to breathe air.