OUCH!!!!!!!!

Candiru

Both the finger-sized candiru-açu and a toothpick-sized species normally burrow into larger fish, but have been known to enter human orifices. The whale candiru (episode 4 of Jungle Hooks) is a scavenger that feeds on dead fish.

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Candiru

what you fail to mention is that that the candiru (AKA needlefish) follow a trail of urea (to find their prey) which is a by-product of fish breathing through their gills ( a bit like us and Co2 ) and that we also produce Urea which gets expelled when we go for a leak...
which is all well and good unless you live in the amazon.. so what ever you do when you are swimming in the amazon river, do not get the urge to have a pee, because those little fe*$%s will swim into your(you know what) and live there happily for a few weeks.

apparently its the worst form of pain known to mankind ...

bad thoughts, bad thoughts!! :cry: :x

They can stay in the flippin' Amazon! :shock:

So you got more than one type of headhunter up the Amazon then :oops:

I think they're taking the........they can be can they :cry: :cry: :cry:

Tom.

i wish we were taking the .... but check this out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

Well I wasn't planing to go to the Amazon to skinny dip.

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Info with picture of one being removed

Dear God......and there was me thinking you could get cream for anything these days.... :shock:

Really doesn't bear thinking about :shock:

Jaysus, i thought CRABS were bad enough :) :)
Steve

you know your not supposed to keep your peelers down there.. god forbid you put spider crabs down there...