Piranha attack in Argentina leaves 60 people injured...
 

Piranhas on a Christmas Day feeding frenzy injured some 60 people in the Argentine city of Rosario, officials said Thursday.

Those injured in the attack Wednesday by the ferocious fish included a girl who lost part of a finger, Health Undersecretary Gabriela Quintanilla told reporters.

Quintanilla said the attack occurred Wednesday off the coast of Rosario, some 310 kilometers (200 miles) north of Buenos Aires.

A medical official, Gustavo Centurion, said the attack which began at mid-morning on Christmas Day was "very aggressive."

"There were some people that the fish literally had torn bits of flesh from," he said.

The region has been hit by a heat wave with temperatures soaring to some 38 degrees Celsius (more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit) prompting thousands to seek relief in the waters of the Parana River, which is packed with carnivorous fish.

Officials said the unusually warm weather also was apparently responsible for the fish congregating on the river's surface before the attack



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Yes they all know about that Clever Fish
they are sick of Fisherman

I don't think piranhas are as vicious as the James Bond film made them out to be, if there were people just congregating, sitting ducks in the water and the piranhas are hungry then of course they're going to attack.

Something doesn't quite seem right about this story. It seems a bit fishy.

Imagine losing your partner like that, it would be dreadful. Still, I suppose there are plenty more fish in the sea.

You could just get your teeth stuck into the dating pool

Oh dear......

Look at Annie, pretending to be Koi.

What a load of carp.

What a load of "cod"swallop

You shouldn't make bad puns, Annie. Not even for the halibut.

Don't get sharky with me!

You guys are dolphinitely taking this too far

Eely sorry Gregg

Yes They are Hungry
and angry at the Local Fisherman that Kill their family

TROUT lol that's a fish too.