At 10:15 PM 1/5/03 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote:
Good God! This fish should be called the Satan Fish. Someone was telling me about this fish and I didn't believe them so I looked it up.Are there any in your neck of the jungle Alberto? Gary Candiru The vampire fish of Brazil When candirus parasitize humans, it is usually only when they are skinny-dipping while urinating in the water. The candiru tastes the urine stream and follows it back to the human. --> It then swims up the anus and lodges itself somewhere in the urinary tract with its spines. <--
Thereby displaying a shocking disregard for basic human anatomy, as well as a lousy sense of direction . . .
Blood is drawn, and the candiru gorges itself on both the blood and body tissue, its body sometimes
The complete article....
<<http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html>>
--Ronn! :)
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I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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