----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:30 PM Subject: Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....
> 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! > Put it in Gere! <G> > > > >xponent > >Felching Maru > >rob > >________________________________ > >You are a fluke of the universe. > > > > As in the electrical test meters? > > Company motto: "If it works, it's a Fluke!" > I own one. It works. Its a Fluke. xponent Ideal Maru rob ________________________________ You are a Wiggy of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
