What is Candir?

Candir, also known as vandellia cirrhosa or toothpick for fish is a small, unfortunate, parasitic freshwater catfish, which is originally from the Amazon River in South America. Candiru belongs to the trichomycteridae family, which includes 207 species of parasitic catfish. For some, the term "Candir" concerns not only one fish, but for all those who are in the whole family vandellia . However, many resources use this term to refer only to vandellia cirrhosa .

Eel-like fish can grow up to six V (about 15.24 cm) in length and has a translucent body with a small head. There is not much known about breeding habits of this fish. Lie on larger fish by drinking their blood and after feeding, his abdomen may seem inflated and stretched.

His feed habits gave Candir a more inferior reputation, even more inferior than Piranha. Fish hunt literally by tasting water. Looking for your prey you can find an ammonia, a by -product that is excluded from the gills of other fish. When the parasisShe finds the victim, forcing himself to the victim's cavity. Once inside, it locks by lifting your spine on your own gills.

When people swim or wad in the waters that inhabit these fish, they should be very careful not to be able to. Human urine contains ammonia, a chemical candira that is used to find prey. During urination, the urethra extends wide enough to allow the urine to be eliminated, and allows the parasite to enter.

It was known that these fish were watching the path of urine to the urethra of unsuspecting people. For example, there is a well -known case of a man who had to have a six -inch fish surgically removed from his penis after he was submitted there for several days. Fish must be surgically removed because the spine on its gills prevents the fish from pulling out.

Another fish simply known as Candir is Candiru asu and is often confused with parasites that feed on blood. This typefeeds primarily on organs and meat. It has a small, circular mouth that is full of sharp teeth used to chew a hole in its victim. Once the hole is made, the fish into her body and consumes it from the inside. These fish will not only eat dead bodies, but any body that is incapable of water.

When the bodies are obtained from the Amazon River, Koroners often discover bullets in the shape of a bullet. Upon closer inspection, the inspector can find out that the body is actually full of these parasites. Some corpses have been found to contain hundreds of these fish.