Human forearm after piranha attack

A piece of heavy equipment operated by a Brazilian oil company, tumbled into the Amazon upside down, trapping the operator. He apparently broke the glass on his cage but was unable to escape and drowned. Piranhas were attracted by the blood...

The image above shows his forearm after the body was recovered (the articulated hand is folded back over the radius/ulna). The other parts of his body not covered by clothing (skull, neck, and premanubrial area) were similarly defleshed, as were the lungs, heart etc after the thoracic cage was breached.

A full set of photos from the autopsy is available, but those not accustomed to viewing gore should be warned that the images are intensely graphic.