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jadedog  ·  2900 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stung By 83 Different Insects, Biologist Rates His Pain On A Scale Of 1 To — OW!

Ew! That was interesting but pretty icky. Made my skin crawl. How does he not die from the poison from the stings?





kyrvin  ·  2900 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The venom hurts, but isn't lethal. The Sateré-Mawé tribe in Brazil actually use bullet ants as a rite of passage. The bullet ant is number 1 on Schmidt's scale and some say it actually feels like being shot (hence the name).

jadedog  ·  2900 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Talk about skin crawling! That's literally skin crawling ants.

Interesting though. Thanks for sharing it. I'm always interested in tribal rites of passage. They're fascinating because they're so different from what I've experienced.