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cjfreddi


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A school of carnivorous fish attacked hundreds of Argentines cooling off in a river near the city of Rosario, sending at least 70 to local clinics and emergency rooms for treatment.

 

The attack by palometas, a type of piranha, occurred as city dwellers attempted to escape the 100-degree heat of Christmas Day in the Southern Hemisphere's summer season.

 

"There were some people that the fish literally had torn bits of flesh from," a medical official at the scene, Gustavo Centurion, was quoted as saying by the Latin Times newspaper.


read more at: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-argentina-fish-attack-swimmers-20131226,0,5471671.story#ixzz2pjwC8Kqf

Would you ever go swimming in South America after reading this? I know I wouldn't!



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That's like saying someone got attacked by a shark so I am not going to ever go in the ocean. It isn't very common for these things to happen.

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No matter if it's a rare occurrence, if my toe is going to end up looking like that guys I'm definitely going to be extremely cautious...

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Even if it's rare, carnivorous fish are still terrifying...

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Wow that is absolute horrific and it's sad that so many were injured on Christmas.

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That is a very scary situation!!!! Good thing i carry a grenade on my boat! :D

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On christmas day of all days, hopefully this dosent happen on this large of a scale again

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Crazy that something so relaxing would turn into a full fleged attack.

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its pretty scary to think that these events occur but I think these occurences are common in the area

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i would be pretty hesitant to get in the water but i do agree that it is a somewhat common incident to occur so yes i would get back in the water

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That picture in the link is pretty gruesome.

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well, no more swimming for me

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I don't think I would go swimming there after reading this. I would definitely be hesitant about it.

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