What if I needed to pee underwater?

[scubafool]

Just to give a bit more detail, the fish is called Candiru, it is attracted by urine and it is small enough to enter the ureter (male and female), or any other orifice, where it will then open its spines.
It can only be removed surgically.
Good reason not to swim naked in rivers.

Please tell me that you are fibbing.

 

[Rick Inman]

Please tell me that you are fibbing.

Picture of the Candiru: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/images/CANDIRU.JPG

Yes, it's true: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html

 

[wetrat]

Picture of the Candiru: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/images/CANDIRU.JPG

Yes, it's true: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html

That's it - I'm wearing protection when I freedive naked from now on!

 

[scubafool]

Yes, it's true: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/catfish/candiru.html

OHHHHHH, that hurts just THINKING about it!

 

[CBulla]

Male and female. Wetsuit in tropical waters.

Easy answer.. make sure to face into the current and git-r-done!

 

[DandyDon]

I have been told it is one of the more common contributing factors to "Man Overboard". There you are, tending to business at the rail when the boat takes an unexpected roll and off you go.:11:

Yeah, I know - I get smirked at a lot anyway, so I commonly wear a horse collar on moving dive boats and inflate it before moving about. A bit of a clutz anyway...

OHHHHHH, that hurts just THINKING about it!

Really. The natives aren't particularly afriad of piranha. which are more scavengers than the hunters that Hollywood suggests, but that guy scares fishermen, as do the freshwater stingrays. http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/wild/sting_rays.htm

 

[Divmstr223]

Some interesting and funny replies....good stuff

But,

#1 I've peed in my wetsuit from day one of scuba. Never has my wetsuit smelled bad at any point in time. No yellow stains on the inside, and it flushes/cleans out just fine to my knowledge.

#2 To each their own, If you don't wanna do it...don't!!! If you don't like the fact that I do it, too bad, I'm gonna do it anyway!!

Happy urinating, diving, whatever :14:

 

[Xanthro]

Just to give a bit more detail, the fish is called Candiru, it is attracted by urine and it is small enough to enter the ureter (male and female), or any other orifice, where it will then open its spines.
It can only be removed surgically.
Good reason not to swim naked in rivers.

I'll believe this when some medical report other than second hand stories from the 1940s is found.

I can't believe crap like this gets into Brittanica.

Small American Mudcat can get into your anus as well, but simply swimming with them won't cause it.

 

[Divmstr223]

I'll believe this when some medical report other than second hand stories from the 1940s is found.

I can't believe crap like this gets into Brittanica.

Small American Mudcat can get into your anus as well, but simply swimming with them won't cause it.

There's no reason to debate the accuracy of the story, it's true...I actually watched a program on either the Discovery Channel or National Geographic Channel that covered the story about a guy this happened too. Had pictures of the fish after it was removed and him in the hospital etc......

Interesting and very painful to think about...ugh!! :14:

 

[cinder4320]

Peeing in the wetsuit is difficult at first, it took quite a bit of concentration the first few times I tried. Once you start though, it sort of takes on a Pavlov's Dogs life of it's own... you may need to pee at the mere sight of a wetsuit.

Its so strange that it actually takes concentration! I guess potty training is pretty hard wired in us. I hate when I get back on the boat after a dive and realize I've been holding it the whole time and forgot to go! Of course this always happens when I'm on a dive boat with no head.

Miranda