Talk:Candirú
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Just in case anyone sees an urban legend site, this fish has actually been listed on a couple in the past. It is _not_ an urban legend. Ow... Rgamble
- yowza. --KQ
Does anyone have any clue as to what a "buitach apple" is? I found the "xagua plant" - it's even in ITIS, though spelled "jagua", and is in Rubiaceae - but I've seen no reference to the buitach that lists its scientific name or family. -phma
- Excerpts here http://www.urbanlegends.com/animals/urinophilic_candiru.html from an article from the March 1973 article of Urology, pages 265-267. "Candiru: Urinophilic Catfish Its Gift to Urology" by John R. Herman, M.D. - Mentions that "buitach" is used more often "for dissolving kidney stones, rather than the bones of candiru". If anybody can get a copy of the original article, it might well answer this.
The recommended reading section was lifted straight from this site:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/animals/candiru_urethra.html
I'll just mention that and do nothing about it :-) I'm not in a mood for doing major edits. Tristanb 00:35, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Go Team Venture!
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[edit] Ow. Fuck. OW!
That is all. — ceejayoz ★ 15:59, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Seconded. But it would make for a great horror film! - Some Random Guy
Amen Wardenusa 07:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
As far as I know, Candiru does not have the graphical accent. If anybody speaks Portuguese there, remember that: <portuguese> Palavras oxitonas terminadas em "i" ou "u" nao sao acentuadas, com excecao de casos de hiatos, como "jau", "bau". </portuguese> (sorry I'm typing in an American keyboard)
[edit] Other methods of removal?
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/2-29-2004-51087.asp
"One way to expel the fish would be to drink the juice of the green fruit of the Jagua tree, Genipa Americana L. The juice of this fruit is brewed into a tea and drunk hot, supposedly causing the skeleton of the fish to dissolve and resulting in its expulsion from the victim within a couple hours. A synthetic version of the brew has been used in the past by urologists to dissolve bladder "incrustations" and kidney stones. The Candiru can also be removed surgically. But both these processes are time consuming."
ugh..."removal" FG Fox 12:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I want to believe
The Candiru sounds almost too horrible to be believed. Can anyone produce an actual photograph of one?
[edit] Inconsistency
The whole second paragraph explains how the fish can attack humans, but then the last sentence in the third paragraph states: "There have been documented candirú attacks on humans, there is no evidence the fish can survive once inside a human."
This sentence is grammatically incorrect, and contradicts the previous material. Could someone please clarify the situation? IronChris | (talk) 03:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, it's completely contradictory. I'd change it, but I don't know anything about this fish. Hollerama 03 December 2006
