Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Don't Pee in the Amazon River

The Terrifying Toothpick Fish tells of the candirú a parasite that lives there. It's attracted to urea and ammonia that are expelled from breathing gills. Or peeing humans. I'll just quote this:

"Silvio's incident was the first officially confirmed report of a candirú attacking a human, but such leg-crossingly horrific tales have haunted the region for generations. According to legend, many men chose castration as an alternative to a slow, excruciating death back before surgery was an option."

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