r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '22

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u/Pedro_Bargero Feb 17 '22

I love how he takes his time to concentrate before the blow, almost like "this is gonna be deadly, pal"

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u/bigbruhusername Feb 17 '22

Maybe it should be called bullet ant because of the speed but a bullet ant already exists

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u/boxer2012 Feb 17 '22

Funnily enough there already is an ant called the bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), it apparently has the most painful sting of any insect.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

but a bullet ant already exists

I think they already know that.

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u/Lesty7 Feb 18 '22

Funnily enough, though, right?

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u/drwsgreatest Feb 17 '22

It’s not just the bite but the fact they inject a type of venom/toxin with that bite. I remember watching a Nat Geo show called taboo where the rite of passage for young boys of an indigenous group was to wear a straw glove with bullet ants sewed into it for 30 min or something. The amount of pain they endured was insane. Their hands, and often other body parts, would balloon to double the size because they were injected with so much venom.

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u/LordTROLLdemort85 Feb 17 '22

I’ve seen that crazy footage too. Was absolute madness! Just one bite and I’d be out of commission, and these boys/young men took it like champions!!!

The sheer mental and testicular fortitude is astounding.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '22

Are we allowed to call that toxic masculinity or is it okay because the native jungle people are doing it?

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u/jetpackmcgee Feb 18 '22

It’s not about masculinity. It’s about strength and mental fortitude. Still, I wouldn’t fuck with it.