Tourist has CATFISH removed from stomach
A woman had to have surgery to remove a catfish from her stomach after the fish embedded itself in her body while she was swimming at a beach resort in Brazil.
The tourist was taken to hospital after the painful encounter in Itanhaem, Sao Paulo, Metro reports.
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Ambulance worker Marcelo Araujo, wrote on Facebook: "We were alerted to an incident where an object had penetrated a swimmer's stomach and when we got there, discovered it was a fish.
"She was in a lot of pain. We didn't remove the spine because only a doctor can do this. We took her to hospital so she could have microsurgery.
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"Generally we deal with people who have stood on fish or have cut a finger touching one, but I've never seen a catfish stuck to someone's stomach. It was definitely a first."
Last year, a bizarre video emerged of catfish becoming lodged into a woman's leg after her friend slapped her with the dead fish.
Catfish possess a strong spine-like ray on their dorsal and pectoral fins. As a defence, these spines may be locked into place so that they stick outwards, which can inflict severe wounds.