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From: Sevo Stille <sevo@ip23.net>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Candiru - Facts, Facts!
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:03:44 +0100

Sevo Stille wrote:

> verified by an biologist, Dr. Paulo Petry. I've written him, so maybe
> we'll be able to settle that one RSN.

Here goes his response:

> Dear Mr. Stille,
> Yes there was an attack on a male human in 1997 near Manaus for
> which I have the data and the specimen extracted from the victim.

Gotcha! A candiru extracted from an male urethra, in the possession of a reasonably well-published expert on Amazonas fish. Of course, a candiru complete with urethra would be even better, but that is probably more than we can ask for...

> The
> case was reported in the Manaus newspaper A Critica on Nov. 06 1997.

Anybody with access to a library that stores Brazilian newspapers?

> I
> am writing a report which will be submitted to a scientific journal this
> year describing the incident. .

That will be formal proof. I'll stay in contact with him to get a reference to the actual publication.

Sevo

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