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273 - The Bloodsucking Catfish - Candiru (Explicit)

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Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We're joined by ichthyologist Dr. Nathan K. Lujan to discuss the legendary vampire catfish of the Amazon, the candiru! Explicit Tag on this one for frank talk about vampire fish entering penises. Catfish attacks Dr. Lujan's hand for blood meal (not Candiru) Candiru: Life and Legend of the Bloodsucking Catfishes by Stephen Spotte (affiliate link) Candiru episode clip from River Monsters Stephen Fry duped by Candiru legend/joke The infamous Venture Bros. Candiru Speech This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/monstertalk and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode of Monster Talk has an explicit tag because it talks frankly about human anatomy

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and about the South American fish that allegedly sometimes makes visits

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to that same anatomy. I know for a variety of reasons

0:59.0

that there's going to be folk who don't want to hear about this because it makes them feel squeamish

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but I hope if you can stomach it you'll stick with us because it turns out there's a lot of lessons

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to be learned about humans as we examine the legends surrounding this fish. Thanks.

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Hey, did you have a pee before we left by the way?

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No, I didn't. I was just forgetting the water.

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It's bigger than my urine.

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It's bigger than my urine. You mustn't pee in the river. That's the key thing.

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There's a fish here called a candy roof fish. Have you heard of that?

1:29.0

Oh no, that's a urban myth isn't it? No, no, it's true. It's about this long

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and if you pee in the water, which I'm seriously mustn't do,

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it swims up your urine and into your willy. It's apparently unbelievably painful

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