Poker School - Turn Bet

The partypoker turn bet is solid freshwater fish in the group commonly called the catfishes. It is found in the Amazon River and has a reputation among the natives as the most feared fish in its waters, even over the turn bet piranha. The species grows only to a size of an inch in length and is eel shaped and translucent, making it almost impossible to see in the water. The candiru is a parasite. It swims into the gill turn bet cavities of other fishes, erects a spine to hold itself in place, and feeds on the blood in the gills, earning it a nickname as turn bet the "vampire fish of Brazil".

It is feared by the natives because it is attracted to turn bet urine or blood, and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the anus, vagina or even in the case of the smaller specimens the penis and deeper through the urethra). It then partypoker erects its spine and begins to feed on the blood and body tissue just as it would from the gills of a fish. The candiru is then almost impossible to remove except through an operation.

A more expensive option is the use of two plants, the Xagua plant (Genipa americana) and the Buitach apple which are inserted (or their extract in the case of tight spaces) into the affected area. These two plants turn bet together will kill and then dissolve the fish. More often, the pain causes shock and death in the victim before it can be removed.

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