Catfish sticks into the belly of a swimming tourist in Brazil

This catfish was so annoying. A tourist in Brazil was swimming in the resort of Itanhaem in the state of Sao Paulo when she was "hit by a fish," as she joked. The serrated spine in its fin had to be taken out with microsurgery to avoid her flesh being ripped out. See more pictures and reactions.

According to health workers, “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. 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.”