If in Indonesia, you may urinate in any river except rivers belonging to indigenous communities in the interior. But if you still love life, do not do it in the Amazon River and Oranoco, Brazil, which is the habitat of Candiru or Canero fish.
By locals this fish is more feared than piranha fish. If the piranha fish gnaws its prey's body from the outside, it strikes from within.
In larger fish, he enters through the gills and wounds with a thorn in his head, in humans he can enter through the anus, vagina, and even the penis.
This fish is also referred to as the "Vampire Fish from Brazil" because it drinks the blood from the fish it enters after removing the spine of its prey fish so that it can hold onto
fish are still similar to this catfish has a mini body size. The length is 1-2 inches with a width of 4-6 mm. With transparent colors, nimble movements and soft and slippery bodies, these fish are harder to avoid.
There are 3 species of candiru: candiru-sized fingers and candy-sized toothpicks, usually eat by entering larger fish, while whale candiru (whale candiru) is a carcass eater who prefers to eat from dead fish.
Like radar, Candiru scans its prey from the urine or blood they remove. Therefore, swimming while urinating candiru candy opportunities to eat our prey. How to kill these fish can with traditional medicine, that is with water from two plants named Xagua and Buitach apples are inserted into the affected area.
both of these plants will dissolve the fish. Can also through operation. But the operation takes cost and time.
During the waiting period before surgery, the victim is more likely to have an infection that causes shock and death of the victim before the candiru can be taken.