Vox Hunt: It Freaked Me Out!
Show us something that made the hairs on your neck stand up.
Submitted by Cece.
Men, women... Grab and secure your piss exits now.
I also saw it on Animal Planet. *bleh!* Sweet dreams :)The candirú parasitizes other fish. It swims into the gill cavities of other fish, erects a spine to hold itself in place, and feeds on the blood in the gills, earning it a nickname as the "vampire fish of Brazil". Recent research has shown that candirú do not suck blood, but rather latch on to an artery and have blood pumped into them.
It is feared by the natives because it is attracted to urine or blood, and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the anus or vagina, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra). It then erects its spine and begins to feed on the blood and body tissue just as it would from the gills of a fish. The candirú is then almost impossible to remove except through surgery. As the fish locates its host by following the water flow from the gills to its source, urinating while bathing increases the chance of a candirú homing in on a human urethra. Taken from Wikipedia
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What I was going to add was:
All this and it doesn't call you the following day! Or even send you flowers. Bastard fish! ;)
God. GOD I am so skeeved out. Seriously, I've got chills running up and down my spine.
NOTE TO SELF: No swimming in Brazil. Or anywhere. EVER.
hehe, seriously!
Although I love it and it won't stop me... One thing I know for sure -- Nature's out to get us ;) This is definitely it's sadistic hit man. Its... Marquis De Sade.I actually first heard of this watching Venture Bros. on adult swim and thought it was too ridiculous to be true... Unfortunately, I was wrong. Then I saw some program on it on Animal Planet or Discovery and they interviewed some guy that survived this very ordeal. Although I spent most of the time freaking, his reenactment was hysterical. I feel like a bad person for saying it, but I think even the guy looks back on this incident with a pinch of humor.
Gah, grose! *seconds what Lorelei said* Believe me, there are worse things out there! Look up loa loa if you want to loose your apetite-but I won't reccomend it! (Am doing a course on arthropods and human health and am constantly freaked out by all the nastiness!)
Oh, and hi-I guess I'm fairly new to your 'hood (way to make an introduction, ey?) ;p