An attack by a pack of piranha led to more than 60 people being injured in Argentina Christmas Day.
The 60 swimmers had multiple injuries including flesh being torn from their arms, legs, feet and their hands. One girl even lost fingers.
ABC News reports that officials said that there were thousands of people on the beach Christmas day because the temperature was well above 100 degrees. The rise in the heat can also possibly be the reason for piranha coming so close to shore.
According to The Times, five years ago there was a piranha attack in the same place in which 40 people suffered from.
This brought memories of a piranha attack that affected 100 bathers in Brazil in 2011 as well as a Bolivian fisherman committing suicide by throwing himself in a river known to be plagued with piranha.
A piranha’s bite is three times stronger than an alligator’s and is even more powerful than that if a great white shark.
The piranha attack did not affect visitors to the beach today. Swimmers were crowding the beach once again.