Nick Baker's Weird Creatures - Candiru

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 19 Jan 2007, 21:11

I was pleasantly surprised to have watched a whole hour devoted to the candiru on channel 5.

They went to Puerto Maldonado in Peru, and found a doctor who reported that his hospital has treated 185 cases in 25 years.

Apparently they favour menstruating women.

They also spoke to a guy who had one enter his anus.

There were lots of other catfish too.

Anyone else see it?

Acid John · Post by **Acid John** » 19 Jan 2007, 23:06

Hello racoll I thought it was not to bad a program really, not overly sensationalist and the shots with those carpenter bees were very special!

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 20 Jan 2007, 00:12

Yes I liked I too.

Nick Baker's amiable style was appropriate I think, and there was enough science/decent journalism to not make me shout at the TV like normal.

I also liked the carpenter bees.

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 22 Jan 2007, 11:39

It was great!