Back when I was going to school in Texas, a friend of mine got bitten by a Brown Recluse in bed. Half his face started to rot. So... there's something to think about when you're trying to sleep.

Never got the whole spider phobia. Candiru, otoh, terrify me.

This fish is also known to attack humans and animals and swim into an orifice (the vulva, anus, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra).] Because of spines protruding from the fish, it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery. Though there have been documented candiru attacks on humans, there is no evidence the fish can survive once inside a human. The danger for the person lies more in the infection and shock that results from having the organism lodged there for an extended period of time than from physical damage done by the actual fish itself.

The fish locates its human targets when people urinate near the fish. *the candiru is capable of swimming up the stream of urine in mid-air to a victim standing on shore or a boat.* They are also probably not attracted to pure urine. However they are capable of jumping and entering the urethra of a man standing *next to water and urinating. They are also probably only able to enter a human urethra when it is expanded during urination.

I'm keeping a list, you bastards...

Paleocon wrote:

Never got the whole spider phobia. Candiru, otoh, terrify me.

And rightly so.

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This fish is also known to attack humans and animals and swim into an orifice (the vulva, anus, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra).] Because of spines protruding from the fish, it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery. Though there have been documented candiru attacks on humans, there is no evidence the fish can survive once inside a human. The danger for the person lies more in the infection and shock that results from having the organism lodged there for an extended period of time than from physical damage done by the actual fish itself.

The fish locates its human targets when people urinate near the fish. *the candiru is capable of swimming up the stream of urine in mid-air to a victim standing on shore or a boat.* They are also probably not attracted to pure urine. However they are capable of jumping and entering the urethra of a man standing *next to water and urinating. They are also probably only able to enter a human urethra when it is expanded during urination.

Pfft, that's no arachnid. That's an arthropod if I've ever seen one.