The Truth About That Fish That Climbs Into Urethras

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If you’ve ever heard stories of a naughty little fish with a penchant for climbing up urethras, don’t believe the hype—these tiny Amazonian catfish are just victims of a very old rumor mill. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/20/2/119/1881714 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2387969?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1011081027565 http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160104-does-the-candiru-fish-really-eat-human-penises https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(30)90912-9/pdf https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-2003/issue-2/0045-8511(2003)003%5b0419%3aBR%5d2.0.CO%3b2/Candiru-Life-and-Legend-of-the-Bloodsucking-Catfishes/10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0419:BR]2.0.CO;2.pdf https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vandellia_cirrhosa/ https://books.google.com/books?id=hB6nqQCPKBoC&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=urethra+male+human+diameter&source=bl&ots=ZyHEkV4val&sig=ACfU3U0YHxR0yEVGjPTCkTsK9YdQDLUXFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE5tyirofgAhVRwZ8KHVDnAQM4FBDoATAAegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=urethra%20male%20human%20diameter&f=false http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/18-body-of-work http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/salmon-running-the-gauntlet-salmon-fact-sheet/6558/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/scariest-freshwater-animals/#/42554.jpg https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2018/07/30/discovery-and-danger-shocking-fishes-amazons-final-frontier/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2005/07/shark-attack-threats-bull-sharks-location/ https://books.google.com/books?id=G03t9cWFRSsC&pg=PA276&lpg=PA276&dq=candiru+width&source=bl&ots=vLcOYVNG6P&sig=ACfU3U09sULdjJS3dEHAPOspI9C1ZZboaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkkdO39ZXgAhVDx1QKHX7ZBL44ChDoATAJegQIABAB#v=onepage&q&f=false ---------- Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vandellia.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Encontro_das_%C3%81guas_-_Manaus.jpg
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