supasi Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Candiru. Native to the Amazon. I'm never going near the Amazon. Agreed Ira. Piranhas are nothing to what these guys are. Makes me shiver just thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Candiruphobic? :rotf: :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Guilty your honour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtiskaw Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I thought their urethra seeking behaviour was an urban myth? Or are you taking the piss? :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dachende Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I thought their urethra seeking behaviour was an urban myth? Or are you taking the piss? :slfg: "These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra; however, despite ethnological reports dating back to the late 19th century, the first documented case of the removal of a candiru from a human urethra did not occur until 1997, and even that incident has remained a matter of controversy." If you read the wiki on it, you'll find out the only documented case of this ever happening has holes all through the story. I'll stick with being afraid of pirahnas, thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I'd be more afraid of rays than piranha (and the candiru do give me the shivers...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Haven't you seen the movie Piranha 3d?! They kill everything. EVERYTHING!!! :slfg: Pretty much no real logical reason for them to be illegal here especially while you can import pacu which tolerate much cooler water. There not that cool any way a friend of mine has one in the states and in my opinion its boring as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 "These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra; however, despite ethnological reports dating back to the late 19th century, the first documented case of the removal of a candiru from a human urethra did not occur until 1997, and even that incident has remained a matter of controversy." If you read the wiki on it, you'll find out the only documented case of this ever happening has holes all through the story. I'll stick with being afraid of pirahnas, thanks ! We'll use yours as a test-subject then eh? :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtiskaw Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 *Crosses legs* You pay the airfare then, and I'll go for a swim :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 *Crosses legs* You pay the airfare then, and I'll go for a swim :thup: Airfare???? Who said anything 'bout airfare? I think you'll be fine on a wooden raft held together with guts and glory... :slfg: Its only about 14000 km's, give or take a couple thousand... :thup: Could be there by Christmas... Christmas in Brazil!... come-on bro, take one for the team... :rotf: :rotf: :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 What about using one of those air sharks for towing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Yep Kelly Tarlton has them.. says so on their web page I guess they have special permission then? yup they've got a zoo license which you need i've read it is certainly the candiru the locals fear a lot more than the piranha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Did you guy's not see the program on them, candiru follow ammonia trails. This normally leads to fish gills but on the odd and MOST unfortunate occasion an urethra, so if you do go swimming in the Amazon DON'T PEE in the pool!!!!! Or carry a dead fish as there are larger relatives of the candiru that will eat you from the inside out. Ya just gota :love: the Amazon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 piranhas have disappeared from kelly tarltons. anyone know why? moreover, anyone know where they went?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 fish don't live for ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 They were there in April when I went :dno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 no kidding david... lol. there were at least 30 of them in a large display tank went i went last year. and as karina says they were there in april! kelly tarltons has undergone a bit of renovation lately. there is a new seahorse area with pipefish, dragonfish and a few different types of horses. nice area. kelly tarltons only has two freshwater exhibits now, a pond type enclosure with long and shortfin eels, and a terrible little tank in the kids area with some rough looking boesemani, pleco, a random silver dollar and a lone electric yellow. anyway. all im wondering is why they decided to get rid of the piranha, and if they kulled them, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Why not ring Kelly Tarlton's and ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Please ask because I'd like to know too. I didn't realise until you mentioned it that they were gone when we went in June. Maybe since they got bought by an international conglomerate they had to stock pleasant seeming fish only :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 no kidding david... lol. there were at least 30 of them in a large display tank went i went last year. When I went a few years ago they were down to 1-2 in that funny shaped tank they've been in for years. I was kinda wondering if they ere a one-off import that they couldn't be bothered replacing, but if there were 30 they must have got some more in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 yeah i asked one of the staff but she had no idea. i was wondering if the law had changed or if their licence to keep them was pulled or something. i might actually email them and ask, i did mention it on the feedback form i filled out there. the tank they were in was definitely too small for the amount they had in there anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Veering away from the Kelly Tarltons theme a bit, there's a guy down here who I buy a lot of fish off who said he had some years ago. He does a lot of work in fish wholesale and managed to get some imported on the sneaky. I think this was like 10+ years ago before the laws and such were as tough. He said they were scatty things that hid all the time. COULD all be a story though... Now, Bucktooth Tetras... THAT'S something I'd love to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 i have heard several stories of people owning piranha in nz. i'm sure they have been here at some stage. and tetras... well piranha are basically just overgrown tetras anyway... hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish guy Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Im shore about 6 years ago animates was selling piranas here in tauranga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Bucktooth Tetra aren't your everyday characin. They feed primarily by eating the scales off other living fish. Must be kept in species-only tanks for obvious reasons and must be kept in large schools -- if they aren't kept in large enough groups they stress out and eat each others scales off! Some juvenile piranha also feed this way, when they are not yet large enough to feed like an adult. It's called Lepidophagy. Exodon paradoxus, the Bucktooth Tetra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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