Can anyone tell me anything about those catfish that swim up your urethra and lodge spines in you? My girlfriend doesn't believe this is true.
2006-07-16 07:42:46 · 16 answers · asked by boozenaked 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
This question is great because the first half is hilarious and only after that do people actually answer my question. Thanks folks! I knew it was real.
2006-07-16 08:02:05 · update #1
Yes, candiru, they are real. I thought they were fake, because they were in a Venture Brothers episode, so I looked them up. Just one more reason why I wear rubber underwear at all times.
2006-07-16 07:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fiasco de Bacle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They aren't a Catfish, but for the life of me I can't remember what they are called. I saw them on the Discovery Channel I think. They are in Hawaii, or South America. They are attracted to the urine, and evidentally, when a guy is in the water they reside in, and decides to urinate in that water, they rush towards that source, and lodge themselves in the penis. They have to be removed by a physician.
That's all I remember, but tell your girlfriend that they do exist.
2006-07-16 14:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it absolutely is true, but it isnt' a catfish. I saw it on Discovery about a month ago, but i don't remember the exact name of the fish. I believe the fish is in either Australian or African waters, but I could be wrong. It is an extremely small fish too.
2006-07-16 14:47:44 · answer #3 · answered by paintgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are those fish that swim up your urethra and lodge spines in you. see what im saying?
2006-07-16 14:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like bull but after looking at the one links its true.
Congrats.
2006-07-16 15:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by david b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop swimming in the sewer.
2006-07-16 15:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u should b tellin us u have 1
2006-07-16 14:46:04 · answer #7 · answered by Crazy Chic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know..I have heard that on a movie once but I don't know if it were true...I'm sorry I am no help.
2006-07-16 14:53:48 · answer #8 · answered by Lindy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vaudellia cirrhosa. It can swim up your anus as well.
http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html
2006-07-16 14:48:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not true. It's an old wives tale.
2006-07-16 14:45:39 · answer #10 · answered by corbeyelise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋