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Not the best day at the beach for a big crowd last week in Brazil.
Authorities in a state in Brazil’s northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported.
The problem — rather fearsome given piranhas’ horror-movie teeth and ability to sink them into human flesh — has been the biggest at the main beach area in Piaui state; authorities said they need to act fast to reduce a piranha overpopulation situation.
Last weekend, at least 100 bathers were treated at the hospital in Jose de Freitas not far from Terezina, Piaui’s capital, after being bitten on the heels or toes at the local beach.
OK, so nibbling at toes and heels aren’t exactly what I envisioned given those videos of piranhas eating a whole cow. But still, it’s nice to be able to leave the ocean with all of the toes that you brought.
Read the story at Breitbart.