Comments on: The Terrifying Toothpick Fish https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-73117 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:17:34 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-73117 This article kind of makes a guy squirm, doesn’t it?

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-72745 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:53:12 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-72745 Dave Group is correct.

This parasite was mentioned in “Sniper.” It was the first and – except for this article – only place I’ve heard of it.

]]> By: E&J https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-72474 Thu, 31 May 2018 04:27:59 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-72474 Yes I was confused by the “castration” cure as well. So you’re recommending amputating the guy’s testicles and ignoring the umbrella fish jammed in his penis??? You’re a big help! You gonna poke him in the eye and set him on fire too???

]]> By: Just Another Commenter https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-72425 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 04:29:09 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-72425 Natures’ way of saying “do not eat the yellow snow” perhaps?

]]> By: bro average https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-72405 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:12:00 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-72405 111th! :)

]]> By: AJ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-71932 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 02:16:30 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-71932 Going to the Amazon in May…. not sure how I feel about swimming anymore….

]]> By: James Lunsford https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-39680 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:39:57 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-39680 I lived five years in Brazil and two years in Peru during the 1950s, and during that te, I was bitten, or at least latched onto by one of the creatures several times. I remember, while swimming in the Judoa river. I would have to physically grab these creatures and pull them off. The would leave a white scar of what appeared like four tooth marks that would remain for several years. If you were fishing, and they were in the area, very little else would bite. These fish were slimy and slick. They were useless in that they could not be eaten nor were they good got bait.

]]> By: ChiefOf10 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-26162 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:57:20 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-26162 I know its a natural reaction but does anyone know the reason why we tend to cringe when we read about a painful sounding experience like in the article above -even though it hasn’t actually happened to us? I’m interested to learn more about it. Hmm… empathetic pain…?

]]> By: TheChinditzOfLove https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-25161 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:23:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-25161 Electrical wire as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report:

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2649937

Definetly NFSW. Do not, I repeat: DO NOT, for christsake click to enlarge the pics.

Intelectual-Bonobo Hybrid: Best Internetmoniker ever.

]]> By: manuel https://www.damninteresting.com/the-terrifying-toothpick-fish/#comment-24393 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:58:46 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=797#comment-24393 Holy crap this is horrible. But it will teach you not to piss in the water once and for all. Damn pigs.

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