mneagle Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 (edited) web page Edited March 29, 2005 by mneagle Quote
chris_w Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Hey, Isn't that a movie star? And I thought they didn't like light? Quote
faster_than_you Posted May 25, 2005 Posted May 25, 2005 Pruitt, casting his line in the Mississippi River on Sunday, hauled up a 58-inch (146 cm) long, 44-inch (111 cm) around blue catfish that weighed a whopping 124-pounds (56 kg). To get a sense of just how big that is, the state record holder was a mere 85 pounds (38 kg) and the world record holder tipped the scales at 121 pounds, eight ounces (55 kg). Quote
glacier Posted May 25, 2005 Posted May 25, 2005 The candiru has a voracious appetite for blood and will parasitize fish, mammals, and humans... 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. Blood is drawn, and the candiru gorges itself on both the blood and body tissue, its body sometimes expanding due to the amount of blood. This is all said to be very painful for the poor person who has this happen to him or her. Unfortunately, they are almost impossible to remove due to the spines. Amputation of the private areas is the cheapest, and most life-changing, way to remove the fish. Actual surgery is extremely expensive and involves inserting the Xagua plant and the Buitach apple up the urethra. These two plants kill and even dissolve the parasitic fish. If surgery is not done in time, the blockage of the urinary tract will prove fatal. The candiru is the only known vertebrate to parasitize humans. Quote
Dru Posted May 26, 2005 Posted May 26, 2005 the candiru is a real fish but there are no verified documented cases of it parasitizing a human, or three witnesses and a gps record Quote
Dru Posted May 26, 2005 Posted May 26, 2005 doubtful. the music doesn't help also the parasite in the images looks nothing like the illustration of the candiru Quote
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