Pack of piranhas kill fisherman in Brazil | World News

A fisherman was ripped to the bone and killed by a deadly pack of piranhas.

Odair Raash, 46, went missing after transporting cattle on an amazonian river by Costa Marques Rondonia State, Brazil, on January 1.

Horrified locals found his remains up river but bizarrely his clothes and even his boots remained intact.

A strap of hair and the skin on his hands was all that remained of him after the piranhas devoured his flesh and internal organs.

The bite marks are consistent with a piranha attack but other animals could have feasted on his flesh.

An investigation is now underway.

This is not the first time someone has been attacked by piranhas.

A man died after being eaten by some piranhas following a boat crash on an amazonian river.

Joney Jose Silva da Luzon’s body was discovered on the Cuiabá River in Barão de Melgaço, Brazil, in September 2023.

The 38-year-old’s body was found with multiple bites when he was pulled out of the water and placed on a rescue boat.

In 2021, a young girl, 13, lost her little toe after piranhas attacked more than 30 people in an Argentinian river.

Lifeguards were ‘rushed off their feet’ treating dozens of people following the horrific incident by the Parana River in Santa Fe.

The teenager was raced to hospital for an emergency skin graft operation after having her toe bitten off.

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