I am going to the Amazon...

From an article about the Candiru:

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.

in the grand scheme of things, just what purpose does an anus swimming creature serve ?

Hmmm...maybe as a natural deterent to not urinate in the water, thus preserving its cleanliness for all who use it?

You said you are "living with the people, like the people". Are these clothes wearing people, or will ou be wearing a butt flap a la George of the Jungle? If so, got any pics?😀

are you a perv or something ??:rofl:

Uh, Audie, have you ever seen Brendan Fraser in his George of the Jungle buttflap??

I think he is joking about this conchiru catfish! He had a laughing smiley out by this post! Maybe bsmart needs to provide a pic for us to see this conchiru catfish??? No reference was found to it anywhere so obviously it doesn't exist!!!