At 08:05 PM 1/6/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....
> At 11:21 PM 1/5/03 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
> >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 . . .
>
>
>
> At 06:42 PM 1/6/03 +0000, William T Goodall wrote:
> >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.
>
>
>
> At least the EB knows one orifice from another . . .
>
I think the other site was somehow confused and got the fish mixed up with
the California Gerbil.
Eww! TMI!
xponent
Felching Maru
rob
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