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There are some things that cause discomfort even when you’re only imagining it. A good example of such discomfiting news is when an eel swims up a guy’s unmentionables. The unfortunate man in question was sitting in what was basically a tub full of small eels to cleanse his skin – something quite like the fish spa (where you basically dip your feet into a pool and let them eat layers of your skin).

Zhang Nan stepped into the bath and was chilling with the eels when he suddenly felt severe pain: an eel had swum up his penis. Fortunately, he was rushed to the hospital where they surgically removed the offending eel.

Now, if you’re thinking this was some sort of freak accident, you should take into account the Candiru catfish. They’re a species of vicious bloodsucking fish that usually drinks off bigger fish’s gills. The clip below (Jeremy Wade’s River Monsters) shows exactly what happens when said fish swims upstream in a stream of somebody’s pee.

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I’m not talking about Super Man who’ll fearlessly enter a burning building to pull out a child in the third floor bedroom and then get out without a scratch or a minor burn. Nor am I talking about real-life people who risk their own lives jumping into a cold river to save a drowning person or puppy. I’m talking about the killer flu bugs, pests, germs and poisonous little critters that you’ve been told all your life will only make you sick or will probably kill you once you get infected or bitten by one. However, studies show that some of these creatures can help cure people with certain afflictions.

Seneca Valley Virus-001: This particular virus belongs to the Picornaviridae viral family which makes it a relative of the common cold and polio viruses. It’s totally harmless to normal human cells, but it’s lethal to solid tumor. It becomes a cancer killing machine and has a specificity of 10,000 times higher than chemotherapy.

Malayan Pit Viper (a.k.a. death from above): When bitten by this snake during an ambush attack, the victim will experience extensive bleeding and can even drown in its own blood as blood fills his lungs. The pit viper’s venom does all these to the victim’s body but the viper’s venom can also be very helpful especially to stroke victims. If the venom is administered to the patient within the first few hours after the stroke, brain damage could be prevented and recovery times can be improved. The venom can thin the blood, dissolve blood clots and stimulate the body’s clot-dissolving responses.

Hookworms: These are nasty little parasites that cause nausea, intestinal inflammation and protein/iron-deficiency anemia can be used as a treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). These parasites slow down the immune system which is advantageous to people with MS or other autoimmune disorders. MS patients who had hookworms had less relapses compared to patients who did not have these parasites. Research is underway to confirm if the hookworms can really help people with MS.

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