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TIL that the Candiru (cetopsis) in the Amazon bites and rotates to get inside of his victim and eats you from the inside out in a frenzy by the dozens! Unlike the more famous and smaller bloodsucking Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) that is supposed to swim in to your private parts!

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