Candiru: Vampire Fish

The amazing tale of a fish that lodges itself in the genitals of men and women in the Amazon river.
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Peoplechamp Nice and interesting Article... 9/22/2008
cassandra very informative. 8/19/2008
Joe L i hate the idea of the candiru, it makes me cringe every time it is mentioned! 8/8/2008
Gilda How does it eat? 6/15/2008
Annie Ray so exactly what does the candiru eat?? 4/13/2008
dfghj very scary
3/17/2008
arron l566 buzzle rules 3/7/2008
tysbushhhhhusu buzzle rules 3/7/2008
sir w yiflghu this is all a bit sick
3/7/2008
robyn ouch! 10/15/2007
baldwin ok 6/28/2007
bob i love chicken 6/14/2007
Eytan B. Hi
Very interesting,but why don't you put a picture/s of it? Would be much more interesting
5/5/2007
bubbalicious I was watching an episode of Greys Anatomy and a patient had a candiru fish enlarge in his uretha. I was curious, and was wondering if this fish exist. So I did a google search and behold it truly does exist. I will not be traveling to the Amazon anytime soon. Yuck!! 4/27/2007
Annonymous Are these parasites only located in the Amazon? 4/27/2007
sfgerd i dont know 3/22/2007
nicole i dont like this 2/27/2007
rosa melcacho whats that 2/13/2007
DEVIL MAY CRY win inside, it will release spines(its happend 2 me) 2/6/2007
Vivek Patel Very helpful and interesteing article 1/27/2007
aj i need a picture of a candiru fish

1/11/2007
Christopher Kyl That's the gnarliest thing ever. 10/25/2006
Ruby x davids sexy! ;-)
10/17/2006
ruby x Ben is gr8!!! 10/17/2006
Ruby x i think they are wicked bt it must hurt?!? david thinks there kool haha davids the best! nd ben also finks there smashing MEGAN LOVES GIRLS! hahaa love u megz haha bye xxxx 10/17/2006
Ashley This fish is so digusting....fish like these are the reason i am so phobic to sea life and their habitats. This article is somewhat disturbing. 9/19/2006
Sophie I'm doing a school report on this fish and it's starting to freak me out! 9/17/2006
kimballa i think it is a great idea to not bring them to the united states, it could cause many probloms with our water and the way we use it. 8/14/2006
jarred creed Can the candiru fish be repelled by any substances? Can they kill you? 8/3/2006
annonymous can the candiru fish be repeled buy any substances?can they kill you 8/3/2006
Becky i think this is so cool 8/1/2006
rainyday why did that fish have to jump up my penis, i dont like the smell of urine! Now i stuff cotton down there because I dont know what else to do. Why cant we just talk about curing this! I really dont know whats going on 5/11/2006
Atticus xx Well i think that sex before marriage is the ultimate sina dn should not be permitted in Kenya.
Atticus xx
5/6/2006
joshua i think they are intristing and i would love to study one 4/27/2006
A&P i've never urinated out of my anus before??? 4/5/2006
Mr.Tom Murdoch Ok im only 15 but idk y this puzzles me,a parasite?isnt it a fish...fishes arnt parasites...im totally confused! 3/27/2006
Sloppy
oh thats gotta friggin hurt man.....
3/10/2006
Brooklamprey I do keep Vandellia, they are parasitic and little horrors but alot about them is very much overblown. 3/6/2006
grant this sounds like fun. lets go skinny-dipping! 2/18/2006
Kulukawawawa I keep hearing people here saying about how bad it would be to own these fish...

Well, unless you take regular bath's in your fish tank, or use it as a toilet, I dont think you are in danger. ;)
2/10/2006
MELANIE is this like the chupacarbra 1/30/2006
Jane Doe They are right though....it has no connection to female sexual organs. 11/28/2005
Opalin OUCH!!!! Beware the Vampire fish... 11/28/2005
peter pettigrew did you know that the fastest animal is the perrigrenne falcon(probably spelt that wrong but any who) it can fly at up to 100 mph 11/23/2005
Basic Anatomy Heres something, THE ANUS is in NO WAY connected to Urination 11/9/2005
mike i want to bye one where can i get it from? 9/22/2005
Nick Nicholas My email is geonick91AThotmailDOTcom

Thanks and God bless!
9/6/2005
Nick Nicholas ...so that I can gleefully beat them repeatedly with a bat until I can scoop their mushy remains into jelly jars which I can then sell back to the Amazons on ebay! 9/6/2005
Nick Nicholas ... please contact me with their names and a way to contact them... 9/6/2005
Nick Nicholas If anyone ever hears of someone importing or even just seriously thinking of importing any of these fish into the States... 9/6/2005
aaron THOSE THINGS BETTER NOT END UP IN NORTH AMERICA!! 9/1/2005
Tyler THE PAIN! 8/30/2005
Bear I think if the fish was brought into the US and found its way into American rivers it would not "wreck" havoc, it would wreak it. 8/23/2005
thedilemma How does that make it a Vampire fish? You should have called it Candiru: The Sadistic Urologist Fish. 8/5/2005
James P Archer I LOVE CANDIRU FISH!! YAY!! 7/13/2005
uhhh dear patrick- urine does not exit a woman through the vagina, it exits through the urethra. take a physiology class. you are all retards. 7/11/2005
***** isiah, i love you! 6/16/2005
paui its so stupid i can't think of a reason to include it to the internet.. 6/16/2005
nini its okay...Ü 6/16/2005
Marsha Who would be crazy enough to bring these fish to the U.S.? Leave them in the Amazon! 4/27/2005
CandiruSearchia by the way if u want to contact me on this struggle, please call 805- 4936473 4/8/2005
CandiruSearchia stop the pain stop the anguish stop the candiru 4/8/2005
CandiruSearchia i feel that we need more pictures of the infamous candiru fish. With more detailed pictures we can protect ourselves from the harmful pinch of candiru fish. It fears me well that there is such a predator that can hurt my manhood in such a cruel manner. We will come together and fight this great unjust of the candiru fish. We must enter into a pact to promise and be rid of the devil typ water loathing candiru. Help in the the struggle, and stop the pain that it has caused to so many. My brother can no longer have a family because of the impact of this canidru, help him and many other stop the spread of this monster. 4/8/2005
katie ewww patrick. go fishing somewhere else!!! haha
3/28/2005
katie that is the most disgusting thing i've ever read. happy fishing!!! 3/28/2005
Luk U_U i'm still stunned 2/19/2005
Allen Buckles COOL! 1/2/2005
Ananomous The way they get into humans sounds painful... Very painful. 12/31/2004
Bob Unruh I just came out of the Peruvian Amazon region and our guide told us this fish is what he feared most. 12/3/2004
Patrick. This article was must have been created from others I've read; it contains a similar mistake. The article states that gThe 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.h However, urine does not exit you from your anus; it exits out the urethra, which is the penis in males and the vagina in females. The parasite could not enter the anus and find the urethra. Sadly, and painfully, it enters through the penis or the vagina. 5/26/2004
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