![A man is treated after he was bit by a palometa, a type of piranha, while wading in the Parana River in Rosario, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Lifeguards director Federico Cornier said Thursday that thousands of bathers were cooling off from 100 degree temperatures in the Parana River on Wednesday when bathers suddenly came to them complaining of bite marks on their hands and feet. He blamed the attack on palometas, ”a type of piranha, big, voracious and with sharp teeth that can really bite.” (AP Photo/La Capital, Silvina Salinas) A man is treated after he was bit by a palometa, a type of piranha, while wading in the Parana River in Rosario, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Lifeguards director Federico Cornier said Thursday that thousands of bathers were cooling off from 100 degree temperatures in the Parana River on Wednesday when bathers suddenly came to them complaining of bite marks on their hands and feet. He blamed the attack on palometas, ”a type of piranha, big, voracious and with sharp teeth that can really bite.” (AP Photo/La Capital, Silvina Salinas)](http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9nPjqg3iupgaCJSnDjY1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9Mjc0ODtjcj0xO2N3PTM4NTI7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTQ1MDtxPTg1O3c9NjMw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d098b1247770092b470f6a706700dad8.jpg)
A swarm of biting fish injured more than 70 people
who were bathing at a popular beach in Argentina on Christmas, a medical
official said on Thursday.
A seven-year-old girl had her finger
partially amputated and dozens more suffered bite wounds on their
extremities from the fish, a relative of the piranha called "palometas,"
said Federico Cornier, the director of emergency services in the city
of Rosario.
"This is not normal," Cornier said on television.
"It's normal for there to be an isolated bite or injury, but the
magnitude in this case was great ... this is an exceptional event."
The
attack happened off the popular beaches of the Parana River near
Rosario, 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, where many
Argentines were seeking relief from a heat wave over the holiday.
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