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Tip 2 Tip: Seven Ghosts - The Teaser - Rip Curl

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On March 20, 2011, Rip Curl International team riders Bruno Santos, Dean Brady, Tyler Larronde, Oney Anwar and original Searcher Tom Curren followed the latest Tip 2 Tip odyssey deep into the heart of Indonesia to be part of a groundbreaking mission to the freshly discovered, flawless waves of a remote river known by the nearby village as the Seven Ghosts…

What ensued was a surf session like never before. Get a taste of the Search trip that the surf world will be talking about for weeks, months and years to come.

 
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wow, reminds me of the peri…peri…of you know the one in the amazon river. except this one doesnt have those fish that swim up your pee hole

 
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deanobruce - 13 April 2011 11:44 PM

fish that swim up your pee hole

gulp

 
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The Candiru

The candiru has a voracious appetite for blood and will parasitize fish, mammals, and humans. One scientist, while holding a candiru, accidently let it enter a small cut on his hand. It could be seen writhing under the skin towards the vein.

To find a fish, the candiru first tastes the water, trying to locate a water stream that is coming from the gills of a fish. Once such a stream is detected, the candiru follows the stream to its new host and inserts itself inside the gill flap. Spines around its head then pierce the scales of the fish and draws blood while anchoring the candiru in place. The candiru then feeds on the blood by using its mouth as a slurping apparatus and while rasping the long teeth on its top jaw.

When candirus parasitize humans, it is usually only when they are skinny-dipping while urinating in the water. The candiru tastes the urine stream and follows it back to the human. It then swims up the anus and lodges itself somewhere in the urinary tract with its spines. Blood is drawn, and the candiru gorges itself on both the blood and body tissue, its body sometimes expanding due to the amount of blood. This is all said to be very painful for the poor person who has this happen to him or her. Unfortunately, they are almost impossible to remove due to the spines. Amputation of the private areas is the cheapest, and most life-changing, way to remove the fish. Actual surgery is extremely expensive and involves inserting the Xagua plant and the Buitach apple up the urethra. These two plants kill and even dissolve the parasitic fish. If surgery is not done in time, the blockage of the urinary tract will prove fatal. The candiru is the only known vertebrate to parasitize humans.

 
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Can’t wait to see that movie, by the way!!!!!  shaka

 
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How did i not see this post before i posted the trailer!! Ha!

Boxhead feel free to take down my post smile

 

before this movie came out after i saw the trailer…i was counting the days to see the whole of the footage…awesome stuff1