Did you sleep with there ’s an insect bite pain index ? Well there is , and it contains all sorts of exotic bugs that can make big , strapping men cry by force of their rampaging stingers .
Take the Tarantula Hawk for case . It ’s a elephantine wasp that lives in the desert and hunts tarantula . Some wizard determine to get stung by one and document the charade on YouTube for your sadistic enjoyment .
The sacrificial Elia in this stunt is Coyote Peterson , the host of the vane series Brave Wilderness . After overcoming great reverence and trepidation , Peterson takes the wasp ’s one-quarter - in stinger on the forearm , and immediately falls to the ground to start writhing in hurting .
The Tarantula Hawk is ranked on bugologist Justin Schmidt ’s sting index at a botheration - valuation of 4 – the highest possible point of pain . accord to Schmidt ’s data – and Peterson ’s repeated claims – the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant has second most painful sting of any insect in the world . The bugs are small creatures , and they more often than not pose no threat to human , but to their arachnid prey , they ’re much more devastating . The WASP practice Lycosa tarentula to procreate , stinging them in the abdomen – which causes permanent paralysis – and then lie their eggs in the spider ’s body . The wasp larvae eventually devour the tarantula from the interior while it ’s still alive . ( Is n’t nature beautifully grisly ? ) .
As you could see , Peterson kick about a momentary palsy in his left arm after being sting . Luckily , the painful sensation and deficiency of cause only last an torturous five transactions , although the protrusion and itching endures well into the next day .
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Sam Blum is a News Staff Writer for Thrillist . He ’s also a martial fine art and music swot who treasure a ok sandwich and cunning dogs . Find his clip in The Guardian , Rolling Stone , The A.V. Club and Vice . He ’s on Twitter@Blumnessmonster .
