A Great Barrier Reef pearlfish has been filmed by the BBC living inside a sea cucumber's bottom.

Ah, I love the Brits for their funny ways of avoiding words that they think might be rude. It's almost as if they have a stick up their bottom.

It reminds me of the Waldorf Salad episode of Fawlty Towers:

American: You're the manager, you're responsible. What are you gonna tell your chef?
Basil Fawlty: [Pausing] I'll have a word with him.
American: A word? Man, you're gonna tell him, "lay it on the line!", and if he doesn't get his act together, your gonna bust his ass!

When Basil gets to the kitchen, he tells Manuel that he needs to bring the guy his Waldorf Salad or "I'll break your bottom"

Could be worse...

The Amazon's Most Feared Fish: The Candiru is a terrifying fish, even when stacked up against its fellow river monsters of the Amazon.

It has a knack for finding open orifices and working its way inside. Once inside another organism, the Candiru feeds on its host's blood, becoming increasingly swollen. The Candiru is the star of an urban legend - which turns out to be true - of a man who was urinating in the Amazon River when a 6-inch Candiru swam up his urine stream into his penis. The fish remained there for days, until a surgeon was able to remove it.

So the sea cucumber is the Richard Gere of the aquatic world?

The pearlfish coming out my ass is happy to see you.

We usually see signs of happiness in the ass?

/hap
//piness

BullBearMS: Could be worse...

The Amazon's Most Feared Fish: The Candiru is a terrifying fish, even when stacked up against its fellow river monsters of the Amazon.

It has a knack for finding open orifices and working its way inside. Once inside another organism, the Candiru feeds on its host's blood, becoming increasingly swollen. The Candiru is the star of an urban legend - which turns out to be true - of a man who was urinating in the Amazon River when a 6-inch Candiru swam up his urine stream into his penis. The fish remained there for days, until a surgeon was able to remove it.

Pretty sure that this isn't possible. Fluid mechanics, how the fark do they work?

Anything with a hole....

Oh look, a whole list dedicated to things that should have ben stepped on a long time ago.

I'll believe this when sea monkeys fly out my ass!

No, that's a brown starfish.

BurnShrike: A Great Barrier Reef pearlfish has been filmed by the BBC living inside a sea cucumber's bottom.

Ah, I love the Brits for their funny ways of avoiding words that they think might be rude. It's almost as if they have a stick up their bottom.

Or sand in their fanny.

What, what? In your butt?

What a Pearfish Turn-the-other-Cheek symbol might look like.

zez: So the sea cucumber is the Richard Gere Troy McClure of the aquatic world?

FTFY

tetsoushima: BullBearMS: Could be worse...

The Amazon's Most Feared Fish: The Candiru is a terrifying fish, even when stacked up against its fellow river monsters of the Amazon.

It has a knack for finding open orifices and working its way inside. Once inside another organism, the Candiru feeds on its host's blood, becoming increasingly swollen. The Candiru is the star of an urban legend - which turns out to be true - of a man who was urinating in the Amazon River when a 6-inch Candiru swam up his urine stream into his penis. The fish remained there for days, until a surgeon was able to remove it.

Pretty sure that this isn't possible. Fluid mechanics, how the fark do they work?

I've seen the footage of the operation. It happened.

And by 'swam up his urine stream', I don't think it means 'actually left the water and swam up the pee'. Candiru usually find their way to a fish's gillslits by following urea; I think the guy was waist-deep in the water taking a leak, and the fish followed the urea, and...well, yeah.

Also, they have spines to prevent them from coming out.

Rip Dashrock: No, that's a brown starfish.

[rim_shot.mp3]

This must make for interesting pickup lines.

"Hey babe, you're cute. I've got a nice big ass near here, 'how bout I show you around it?"

"TOUCH MY BAAAAAAAAAAASS! TOUCH MY FARKING BASS!"

"Please?"

Japanese porn just keeps getting more and more disturbing.

BullBearMS: Could be worse...

The Amazon's Most Feared Fish: The Candiru is a terrifying fish, even when stacked up against its fellow river monsters of the Amazon.

It has a knack for finding open orifices and working its way inside. Once inside another organism, the Candiru feeds on its host's blood, becoming increasingly swollen. The Candiru is the star of an urban legend - which turns out to be true - of a man who was urinating in the Amazon River when a 6-inch Candiru swam up his urine stream into his penis. The fish remained there for days, until a surgeon was able to remove it.

Someone else was given something new to fear from that episode of Venture Brothers I take it :D