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By Brianne Tolj
A bizarre turn of events has led to the death of a 30-year-old man in Brazil.
The man was fishing with two friends on a farm in the municipali- ty of Brasilandia de Minas on Sunday when he jumped into a lake to escape a swarm of bees, the fire depart- ment told local publication Estado De Minas.
His frantic friends also followed him into the water.
While his mates were able to swim back to shore, the 30- year-old man drowned and piranhas quickly began feasting on his body, the publication reports.
Firefighters said they found the man's body about four metres from shore.
They told Estado De Minas the man’s face and other parts of his body had been torn apart by the razor-toothed carnivorous fish.
Piranhas are freshwater fish who are native to South America but have been introduced to numerous other areas like North America, Central America and even Hawaii, according to ani- malcorner.org.
They have a row of sharp teeth on both jaws and typically eat fish, crustaceans, birds and rodents.
Fatal attacks on people are uncommon.
Australia Gardener's Tree Grows Five Different Species of Fruit
By Ben Hooper
Nov. 11 (UPI) -
- An Australia gar- dener earned a Guinness World Record when he successfully graft- ed five different types of fruit onto a single tree.
Hussam Saraf of Shepparton, Victoria, said he actually grafted 10 different fruits onto the tree in his back yard, but Guinness World
Records told him not all of them counted as differ- ent types.
Saraf's tree bears
white and yellow nectarines, white and yellow peach- es, blood and yel- low plums, peach- cots, apricots, almonds and cherries.
"They told me my application was rejected, because they needed five different species, not varieties," Saraf told Guardian Australia.
Guinness initially told Saraf he had merely tied the record of five fruits, which was set by Luis H. Carrasco of Chile, but a further
review found two of Carrasco's fruits -- peaches and nectarines -- only counted as a single species, reducing his num- ber to four and giving the new record to Saraf.
"Sometimes you just need to have a conversation," Saraf said.
Saraf told Guinness his tree is meant to sym- bolize "peaceful coexistence" and serve as an example of how to live together with respect and acceptance in a diverse society.
Man Eaten By Piranhas After Jumping Into Lake To Escape Bees