on 6/1/03 4:00 pm, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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? >> > No. BTW, I am not sure the Candiru exists, or if it is just an urban legend > Unless someone hoaxed Encyclopaedia Britannica it is real:
"(Vandellia cirrhosa), scaleless, parasitic catfish of the family Trichomycteridae found in the Amazon River region. A translucent, eellike fish about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, the candiru feeds on blood and is commonly found in the gill cavities of other fishes. It is sometimes also parasitic to humans and has been known to enter the urethras of bathers and swimming animals. Once in the passage, it erects the short spines on its gill covers and may thereby cause inflammation, hemorrhage, and even death to the victim." -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Misuse of IMPs leads to strange, difficult-to-diagnose bugs. - Anguish et al. "Cocoa Programming" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
