Photo by Smartse (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOkay, I can’t take it anymore!\u00a0 I need to talk to you about the qualities that make this ant incredibly fascinating.\u00a0 If you haven’t guessed it yet, the Bullet Ant is fully capable of delivering a very painful sting to anything that threatens them.\u00a0 Is it really that bad of sting?\u00a0 YES!\u00a0 It is believed to be the most painful sting that you could subject yourself to.\u00a0 If you ever find yourself inadvertently standing on a Bullet Ant nest….well, you will realize it fairly quickly.\u00a0 Then for the next 24 hours you will be in excruciating pain with waves of burning and intense throbbing.\u00a0 Now do you see why the locals call this the 24 (hour) ant?\u00a0 Oh and if that doesn’t paint a pretty picture for you then maybe this will help.\u00a0 It is not called the Bullet Ant because they look like a bullet or are faster than a speeding bullet.\u00a0 Nope, it has to do with the fact that their sting feels like you have just be shot by a bullet.\u00a0 How is that for a deadly animal?\u00a0 It is incredible to think that such a tiny animal could cause so much pain. \u00a0 Have you ever been stung by a wasp or a hornet?\u00a0 Well multiply that pain by 30 and that is what a Bullet Ant sting feels like.\u00a0 To sum it all up, watch where you are stepping when you are visiting Central and South America.<\/p>\n
That does it for Monday’s Painful Wild Fact!\u00a0 Have a great day, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is a great thing that my family enjoys watching animal shows since it provides me with some great animals to write about.\u00a0 This time it was a show about deadly animals and the one that intrigued me the most was the Bullet Ant.\u00a0 Naturally, I had to explore the life of this insect and share some pretty cool facts and information with all of you.\u00a0 The Bullet Ant is also known as the Lesser Giant Hunter Ant and the Conga Ant. Although the most appropriate name for this insect is what the locals typically call them, Hormiga Veinticuatro, which <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[1750,348,1749,1753,1751,1752,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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