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re: The most painful insect stings/bites in the world.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:35 pm to vodkacop
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:35 pm to vodkacop
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bullet ant
I like this from Wikipedia:
The Sateré-Mawé people of Brazil use intentional bullet ant stings as part of their initiation rites to become warriors. The ants are first rendered unconscious by submerging them in a natural sedative, and then 80 of them are woven into gloves made of leaves (which resembles a large oven mitt), stingers facing inward. When the ants regain consciousness, a boy slips the gloves onto his hands. The goal of this initiation rite is to keep the glove on for a full five minutes. When finished, the boy's hand and part of his arm are temporarily paralyzed because of the ant venom, and he may shake uncontrollably for days. The only "protection" provided is a coating of charcoal on the hands, supposedly to confuse the ants and inhibit their stinging. To fully complete the initiation, however, the boys must go through the ordeal 20 times over the course of several months or even years.
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:40 pm to GeauxTigerNation
Awesome pics but are the stuff nightmares are made of! Hell to the naw naw naw!
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:44 pm to Fonzarelli
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You're talking about Coyote Peterson -- total nut. Great content.
Well that was a Youtube ‘rabbit hole’ I didn’t expect to go down tonight
Thoroughly entertained, not gonna lie
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:46 pm to Mikey Ballgame
quote:
The Sateré-Mawé people of Brazil use intentional bullet ant stings as part of their initiation rites to become warriors. The ants are first rendered unconscious by submerging them in a natural sedative, and then 80 of them are woven into gloves made of leaves (which resembles a large oven mitt), stingers facing inward. When the ants regain consciousness, a boy slips the gloves onto his hands. The goal of this initiation rite is to keep the glove on for a full five minutes. When finished, the boy's hand and part of his arm are temporarily paralyzed because of the ant venom, and he may shake uncontrollably for days. The only "protection" provided is a coating of charcoal on the hands, supposedly to confuse the ants and inhibit their stinging. To fully complete the initiation, however, the boys must go through the ordeal 20 times over the course of several months or even years.
Yeah, umm...I’m just gonna mosey on over next door to the tribe that brands me with an orange hot poker on my balls.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:46 pm to GeauxTigerNation
coyote pack stand up!
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:52 pm to GeauxTigerNation
Was chopping down a small tree and got bit by something, not sure what. shite felt like something was squeezing the life out of my leg.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:02 pm to Mikey Ballgame
quote:
The Sateré-Mawé people of Brazil use intentional bullet ant stings as part of their initiation rites to become warriors. The ants are first rendered unconscious by submerging them in a natural sedative, and then 80 of them are woven into gloves made of leaves (which resembles a large oven mitt), stingers facing inward. When the ants regain consciousness, a boy slips the gloves onto his hands. The goal of this initiation rite is to keep the glove on for a full five minutes. When finished, the boy's hand and part of his arm are temporarily paralyzed because of the ant venom, and he may shake uncontrollably for days. The only "protection" provided is a coating of charcoal on the hands, supposedly to confuse the ants and inhibit their stinging. To fully complete the initiation, however, the boys must go through the ordeal 20 times over the course of several months or even years.
I'm pretty sure Steve-O and Chris Pontius did this on Wildboys
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:09 pm to GeauxTigerNation
quote:Would rather have the tarantula hawk way before that.
"Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair dryer has just been dropped into your bubble bath."
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:18 pm to The Cool No 9
I got stung on the hand by one of those red velvet ants early this summer. First time I have ever seen one in my yard and of course decided to mess with it and it nailed me. My hand swelled up and was throbbing for several hours. Had no idea what it was til I looked it up online and course haven’t seen one again since.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:35 pm to GeauxTigerNation
What about an Asp?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:36 pm to Drank
quote:
You're talking about Coyote Peterson -- total nut. Great content. Well that was a Youtube ‘rabbit hole’ I didn’t expect to go down tonight Thoroughly entertained, not gonna lie
Did you get to the Executioner Wasp?
HOLY shite!!!!
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:41 pm to GeauxTigerNation
Australia has some of the most painful critters out there...
Including this bastard...
Venom is not in their bite but in a venomous fang in their back feet.
Although powerful enough to paralyse smaller animals, the venom is not lethal to humans. However, it produces excruciating pain that may be intense enough to incapacitate the victim. Swelling rapidly develops around the entry wound and gradually spreads outward. Information obtained from case studies shows that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia that can persist for months but usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks. A clinical report from 1992 showed that the severe pain was persistent and did not respond to morphine.
Including this bastard...
Venom is not in their bite but in a venomous fang in their back feet.
Although powerful enough to paralyse smaller animals, the venom is not lethal to humans. However, it produces excruciating pain that may be intense enough to incapacitate the victim. Swelling rapidly develops around the entry wound and gradually spreads outward. Information obtained from case studies shows that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia that can persist for months but usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks. A clinical report from 1992 showed that the severe pain was persistent and did not respond to morphine.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:52 pm to Bayou
quote:i stepped on one once.
Scorpion stung me on tip of index finger last year. That didn't calm down for 4 or 5 hours. It was like my finger was in a socket for hours.
I dumped the ice bucket into the sink and sat on the counter w my foot in it.
Took hours to calm down
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:53 pm to GeauxTigerNation
I found a red velvet ant in my backyard two weeks ago.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:55 pm to Pesticide
Posted on 9/18/19 at 12:10 am to GeauxTigerNation
I learned from an early age never to let a cow ant crawl around on your hand. Was a painful lesson learned.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 12:18 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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How has the Asian Giant Hornet not been mentioned?
Confusing deadly with painful. Most of the ones that can kill you are generally avoided by people who measure the pain because , well.. They can kill you.
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 12:19 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 12:31 am to GeauxTigerNation
Where do the red wasps that keep stinging the shite out of me fall in?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 3:03 am to philly444
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I feel like the puss caterpillar should be on this list
When i was in college walking to class one of these things fell out of an oak tree and landed on my neck. Well the natural thing is to swipe it off with your hand. I did that without seeing what it was until it fell on the ground. That was a big mistake. All that did was shove all the poisonous barbs into my neck. My neck was on fire for like 3 straight days.Nobody believed me when i said how much pain i was in but these little things aint no joke. definitely nothing puss about this caterpillar
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 3:15 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 3:19 am to GeauxTigerNation
Although I haven’t been bit I know of coworkers in Africa and Asia that have been hit with “acid bugs”
The Nairobi fly although it does not bite, when inadvertently smashed releases acid. I know of one guy who was in the hospital for three days and looked like someone had poured a cup of boiling water on his neck. His skin was peeling like a third degree burn.
Not sure where it falls in the pain ranking but it looked bad.
The Nairobi fly although it does not bite, when inadvertently smashed releases acid. I know of one guy who was in the hospital for three days and looked like someone had poured a cup of boiling water on his neck. His skin was peeling like a third degree burn.
Not sure where it falls in the pain ranking but it looked bad.
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