Candiru This is a parasitic catfish that attaches to the gills of larger fish with spines and feeds on their blood Although there is no actual evidence of them ever bothering people, urban legends suggest that they are attracted to human urine and will swim up the urethra and use their spines to attach to the bladder Bauer, I L (13)River Monsters In River Monsters, it appeared in Season 1 Episode 6 "Amazon Flesh Eaters" In this episode, Jeremy investigated the only documented case of a Candiru attack on humans While this was the only documented attack, Candiru are alleged to have performed many more Platinum Collection Build Your Own Bundle Choose up to 7 games InCandiru, also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin where it is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and
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