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I'm Coyote Petersen.
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Now you've seen me stung by
harvester ants, fire ants,
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and scorpions, but today, I'm
moving a rung up on the insect
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sting pain index, and I'm going
to be stung by the cow killer.
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I have a feeling that
this one is going to hurt.
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Oh, boy.
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There's no question
about it, the wild west
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is rough and rugged.
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And whether you're talking
about the rocky terrain laced
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with spine covered plants or
its animals, most of which
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are armed with
fangs and stingers,
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Arizona's Sonoran desert is an
adventure lover's playground.
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Sure, we all have our fears of
being bitten by a rattlesnake
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when venturing off trail.
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Or in my case, having a
giant desert centipede
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run up my pant leg.
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But in actuality,
the good news is
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that each and every
one of these creatures
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does its best to avoid
human interaction.
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However, sometimes you
have an accidental run in.
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And when you do,
a bite or a sting
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can be incredibly painful.
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Yeah, he got me.
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He bit me.
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You sure?
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Yeah, he definitely bit me.
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When it comes to
my line of work,
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the goal is to
have an interaction
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so that I can show you the
effects of these encounters.
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This way we can
all learn why it's
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important to be in tune
with our surroundings,
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and why it's always
best to admire
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animals from a safe distance.
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Velvet ant.
Velvet ant.
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You got one?
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Yeah, yeah, it's right
there on this ant log.
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I can't get my pack off.
Yes.
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Hold on.
No, he's underneath the log.
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I just started to tip it.
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I saw he ran back.
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Hold on a second.
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I saw him.
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Did you see it?
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He
ducked back under again.
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There it is.
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There it is.
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Get him.
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Don't lose him.
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Yes.
Yes.
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Look at that.
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Whoa.
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Oh, you almost got into
the crevice of that log.
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Wow.
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That is a good sized one too.
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But we got our velvet ant.
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There it is.
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OK.
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Cool, well, tomorrow morning
I'm going to get stung
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by that little ornery bugger.
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Cool.
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The velvet ant, which is
actually a species of ground
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wasp and not an ant at all
claims a famous nickname,
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the cow killer.
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Ranked on the insect sting pain
index as being the fourth most
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painful sting in
the insect kingdom,
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rumor has it that the pain is
so intense it can kill a cow.
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You may be looking at this
thinking to yourself, Coyote,
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are you going to get stung?
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Yeah, I am.
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I'm going to get
stung by this today.
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Now the insect sting pain index
says that the intense pain will
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last for about 30 minutes, and
the reason that I'm doing it
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is to work my way up
to the bullet ant.
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You want to see me stung by
the bullet ant, kind of feel
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like I have to get
stung by everything
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else leading up to that.
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I am not looking forward to
30 minutes of pain that's
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going to come from this insect.
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I know, right?
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Here we go again.
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Coyote is about to
enter the strike zone,
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but this one's a
little different.
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When it comes to
alligator bites,
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crab pinches, or blood sucking
leeches, I'm fine with that.
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When it comes to
stingers and venom,
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that's where even I get nervous.
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Now, the females
do not have wings.
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The males do have wings.
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But what's interesting is that
the males do not have stingers.
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Guess who does have a stinger?
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That's right, the females, and
that's what we have here today.
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Now one of the most impressive
things about this insect
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is the size of its stinger.
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In fact, it's about as
long as the entire length
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of the abdomen.
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What I want to do now is
use these little entomology
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forceps to pick the
velvet ant up and show you
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guys just how big
that stinger is.
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You ready for this?
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Are they delicate?
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They are not.
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The velvet ant actually
has a very, very durable
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exoskeleton, one of the
toughest exoskeletons
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in the insect kingdom.
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So me picking her
up with the forceps
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is not going to cause her any
sort of pain or discomfort.
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Oh.
Getting away.
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Getting away.
I got it.
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I got it.
Got it?
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Got it.
Got it.
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Awesome.
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Now they
can be found in the grass,
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so if you're out there
walking around barefoot,
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and you step on one of these,
you're not going to squish it.
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What's going to happen is
it's going to spin around
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and then it's going to
tuck its abdomen under
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and, boom, you're going to get
nailed with that giant stinger.
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Well, I think at this
juncture, it is time for me
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to actually take a sting.
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Are you guys getting nervous?
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I'll tell you what, I sure was.
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Now they say that this thing is
painful enough to kill a cow.
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However, there are no
reported cases of cows,
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or humans for that matter, ever
dying from a velvet ant sting.
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This makes me feel a bit
better, but you never
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know how your body
will react to venom,
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so we always have an
epinephrine pen on location
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just in case I have an
allergic reaction to the sting.
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All right, Mark's signaling
me that it is time.
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Here we go.
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I'm about to be stung
by the velvet ant.
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Here we go.
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All right, Coyote,
well, it's about that time.
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How are we going
to pull this off.
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I see we have, camera wise,
we have a GoPro, small camera
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right next to me.
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Oh, hey, there's Chance.
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Chance over there.
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What's the game plan
for the sting here?
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What's the idea?
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Well, this is going to
go down one of two ways.
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What I'm going to try
first is to actually take
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this little glass,
flip it upside down,
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get the ant to
this end, and then
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place it down on top of my arm.
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This will isolate
the ant on my skin,
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and I'm hoping that as
it tries to get away,
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it's just going to sting me.
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Now if that doesn't
work, I also have my pair
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of entomology forceps,
and I'm actually
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going to pick up, hold the
ant, place it on my arm,
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and let it sting me.
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One way or another,
I am definitely going
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to be stung by the velvet ant.
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Here we go.
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OK.
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Now the first thing
I'm going to do
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is get the ant up into
that part of the glass,
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then I'm going to spin
this over onto my forearm,
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and with any luck, the
ant is going to sting me.
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Here we go.
Ready?
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Let's do it.
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Here comes number four.
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I'm Coyote Peterson, and
I'm about to enter the sting
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zone with the velvet ant.
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1.
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2.
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Here we go, 3.
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Oh, boy.
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Oh, my heart's racing right now.
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Oh, boy, I can see its
abdomen kind of pumping.
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My heart is going now.
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Any second
it could happen.
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Any
second it could sting me.
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Oh, boy.
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Ow, ow, ow.
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It's biting at my skin.
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It's biting at the edge of the
container trying to get out.
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Oh.
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Oh, and that stinger
is going to be
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like a little hypodermic
needle going into my skin.
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This is intense.
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The glass is actually
starting to get
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a little foggy from the heat
of my skin, so at this point,
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I think we're going
to move to plan
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B, which is holding
the velvet ant
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with the entomology forceps.
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I don't think it's going
to sting me at this point.
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It's been in there for about two
minutes, and so far, no sting.
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It's just trying
to get out, so I'm
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going to flip my arm
upside down and get
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the ant back under control.
OK, here we go.
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Ready?
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1, 2, 3.
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OK.
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How do you feel?
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Extremely nervous,
and my heart is racing.
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I actually think I do
have to take a second just
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to get my heart rate
to calm back down.
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OK, cutting GoPro.
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OK.
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All right, the only way to
actually move forward with this
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is for me to hold the ant
with the entomology forceps up
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against my skin and
let it sting me.
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This is going
to do it, isn't it?
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Yeah, hold on.
I need a second.
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My heart's like--
You all right?
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Getting dizzy.
Yeah.
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Getting dizzy.
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In the world of
entomology, when it
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comes to milking the venom
of insects and arachnids,
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holding them with forceps
is a guaranteed way
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to induce a sting, so
I think we all know
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what's going to happen next.
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This is crazy.
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Guys, this is crazy.
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My nerves are going this
much for the velvet ant,
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I can't imagine what the
tarantula hawk and the bullet
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ant are going to be like.
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OK.
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I can't believe
you're about to do this.
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That stinger is enormous.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
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OK, you can do this.
You can do this.
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OK.
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Is that
stinger going to go
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all the way under your skin?
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Yeah, it's going to
go right into my skin.
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Oh, boy.
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All right, here we go.
- Here you go.
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Ready?
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All right, let's do this again
one more time for good measure.
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I'm Coyote Peterson, and
I'm about to enter the sting
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zone with the cow killer.
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Are you ready?
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Are you ready?
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No, I'm never ready.
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1, 2, 3.
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You good?
Yep.
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Get your shot.
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Place it right down on my arm.
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Here we go.
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Look at my arm shaking.
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And go.
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Ow.
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OK, let me get back here.
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You all right?
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What are you feeling?
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Oh.
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Oh, wow.
Oh, wow.
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OK.
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Give me a second.
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Oh my gosh.
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You all right?
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Oh, yeah.
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What are you feeling?
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What does it feel like?
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Give me a second.
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Give me a second.
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Oh oh oh.
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Oh.
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Oh my gosh, guys.
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This is super bad.
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Move this out of the way.
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Hold on.
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I got to try and
control my heart rate.
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Try to get a tight
shot of it right there
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where the stinger went in.
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There's blood.
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OK, try and get a
shot, so I can get up
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and like walk
around for a second.
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Right there.
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Right there
is where it stung you.
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Where it stung me.
I could feel it.
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It was like-- you could feel it
go all the way under the skin.
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All the way in.
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I could feel it
insert into my arm.
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You
gonna be all right?
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OK.
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Now they say that the
sting of the velvet ant
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will last for about
30 minutes, and I
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can tell you guys right
now, this is the worst
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sting I've ever taken.
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There's no question about it.
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It's worse than a harvester ant.
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It's worse than a fire ant.
287
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It feels like I'm getting
stung over and over again.
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You can see the welt
starting to form on my arm.
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Oh, man, yeah.
290
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There's a welt big time.
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Describe the pain.
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Is it like a pulsating
pain, stabbing pain?
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The pain, it's radiating.
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It is radiating.
295
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It feels like if you get a
Charley horse and your muscle
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and it like seizes up and
then it's like doof, doof.
297
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Oh, that is powerful.
298
00:12:06,508 --> 00:12:08,423
I can see why they
call them cow killers.
299
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Oh, that is some intense
pain right there.
300
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How long has it been?
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About seven minutes.
302
00:12:16,126 --> 00:12:17,562
Seven minutes?
303
00:12:17,693 --> 00:12:21,392
They say the pain from
this lasts for about 30.
304
00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:23,743
I have about 23
minutes to go, guys.
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00:12:23,873 --> 00:12:25,092
23 minutes to go.
306
00:12:28,617 --> 00:12:30,967
Now aside from working my
way up to the bullet ant,
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the reason I was willing to
take a sting from this insect
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was so that we could all see
the effects of the venom.
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25 minutes has gone by.
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My arm is still on
fire, and what's crazy
311
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is that look at all
the red blotching
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that's formed around the sting.
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There's the stinger
insertion point right there.
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And it is swollen,
and it is very tender,
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00:12:54,121 --> 00:12:59,691
and you could see how red the
entire radius is of the sting.
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I'm sweating.
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My goal was to do the
best I could to describe
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the pain I was feeling.
319
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And it still hurts.
320
00:13:08,483 --> 00:13:09,745
It definitely still
hurts, but not
321
00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:13,575
as bad as the initial
impact of the stinger.
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00:13:13,705 --> 00:13:16,970
But what's interesting is
that all around the sting
323
00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:21,452
is tingling like these little
tiny pincushion needles going
324
00:13:21,583 --> 00:13:24,325
tst tst tst, and as
you can see, there's
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all these little
red dots forming
326
00:13:27,023 --> 00:13:28,764
and I'm assuming that
is where the venom
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is spreading into my arm.
328
00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:35,640
Oh, wow, well, I would say
that this was definitely
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one very intense sting.
330
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The cow killer has
earned its reputation
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as being one of
the most powerful
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stings in the insect kingdom.
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00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:52,701
And while it may
be ranked as a 4
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00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:57,053
on the insect sting pain
index, for me, at this point,
335
00:13:57,184 --> 00:13:59,186
it's definitely number 1.
336
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I'm Coyote Petersen.
337
00:14:00,491 --> 00:14:04,060
Be brave, stay wild.
338
00:14:04,191 --> 00:14:05,670
We'll see you on
the next adventure.
339
00:14:12,199 --> 00:14:13,896
We have caught a
bullet ant, and we
340
00:14:14,027 --> 00:14:15,680
have it in the glass capsule.
341
00:14:15,811 --> 00:14:18,118
And right now, Mark is
filming the final macro shots,
342
00:14:18,248 --> 00:14:22,296
and I am two, yes, two
minutes away from being stung
343
00:14:22,426 --> 00:14:24,864
by the insect that supposedly
has the most painful
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00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:27,344
sting in the insect kingdom.
345
00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:32,132
I think I'm going to be fine,
but, oh, guys, the heart rate
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00:14:32,262 --> 00:14:34,917
is going today.
347
00:14:35,048 --> 00:14:35,875
This is it.
348
00:14:39,791 --> 00:14:43,143
Hidden within the darkness of
the Costa Rican rainforest,
349
00:14:43,273 --> 00:14:47,190
a legend exists beneath
the ancient canopy.
350
00:14:47,321 --> 00:14:52,065
Indigenous people refer to it
as Bala, which means bullet.
351
00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:55,546
It is rumored that just a
single sting from this animal
352
00:14:55,677 --> 00:14:58,593
is so excruciating
that it feels as if one
353
00:14:58,723 --> 00:15:01,422
has been shot with a gun.
354
00:15:01,552 --> 00:15:04,381
Today is bullet
ant challenge day.
355
00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:06,079
I'm actually pretty
excited about this.
356
00:15:06,209 --> 00:15:07,689
As long as we can
find a bullet ant,
357
00:15:07,819 --> 00:15:08,908
I'm going to get stung by one.
358
00:15:09,038 --> 00:15:10,474
So guys, keep your eyes peeled.
359
00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:11,867
These little ants
can be anywhere.
360
00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:13,173
I guess they aren't
really little,
361
00:15:13,303 --> 00:15:15,566
they're probably about
this big, so let's
362
00:15:15,697 --> 00:15:16,698
head down here
into the rainforest
363
00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:18,091
and see if we can find one.
364
00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:19,092
All right.
365
00:15:21,398 --> 00:15:22,922
Believe it or not,
366
00:15:23,052 --> 00:15:25,054
bullet ants are incredibly
common on the Caribbean side
367
00:15:25,185 --> 00:15:28,275
of Costa Rica, and setting
the stage for a sting
368
00:15:28,405 --> 00:15:31,278
was only going to
take a single one.
369
00:15:31,408 --> 00:15:32,801
Seems simple.
370
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:36,152
However, finding them can
be quite the challenge,
371
00:15:36,283 --> 00:15:37,937
especially when
dealing with some
372
00:15:38,067 --> 00:15:40,722
of the most difficult filming
conditions we have ever faced.
373
00:15:40,852 --> 00:15:43,203
Oh, boy, that is
the disorienting
374
00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:45,118
thing about the rainforest.
375
00:15:45,248 --> 00:15:49,296
Everything looks the same no
matter what direction you turn.
376
00:15:49,426 --> 00:15:51,776
Mario?
377
00:15:51,907 --> 00:15:53,082
Coyote!
378
00:15:53,213 --> 00:15:54,301
Yeah, all right.
OK.
379
00:15:54,431 --> 00:15:55,519
Found him.
380
00:15:55,650 --> 00:15:56,781
I got nervous
there for a second.
381
00:15:56,912 --> 00:15:58,827
Let's keep going.
382
00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:03,875
For days, we scoured the jungle,
traversed rushing rivers,
383
00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:07,967
fought torrential rainfall,
and sloshed through what seemed
384
00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:10,273
like an endless maze of mud.
385
00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:12,406
The goal was to find
a creature no longer
386
00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:15,713
than a needle in a
haystack that literally
387
00:16:15,844 --> 00:16:18,455
spanned thousands of acres.
388
00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:21,197
It seemed as if
all was lost, then
389
00:16:21,328 --> 00:16:25,767
finally, after several days
of searching, the sun came out
390
00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:27,812
and fate took its course.
391
00:16:32,861 --> 00:16:33,949
I just saw one.
392
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:34,906
There's one coming
out right there.
393
00:16:35,037 --> 00:16:36,473
Coming out.
394
00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:38,301
He's definitely right there.
395
00:16:38,432 --> 00:16:41,478
See if I can him on the stick.
396
00:16:41,609 --> 00:16:42,523
Here we go.
Here we go.
397
00:16:42,653 --> 00:16:43,785
You got him?
398
00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:45,308
Oh, it's going
right towards my hand.
399
00:16:45,439 --> 00:16:46,483
That is a bullet
ant right there.
400
00:16:46,614 --> 00:16:47,919
Hold on.
401
00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:48,485
I'm just going to put
it in the container.
402
00:16:52,924 --> 00:16:54,100
Mark, watch out.
403
00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:56,580
I think there's--
404
00:16:56,711 --> 00:16:57,929
Did I get one on me?
405
00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:58,974
I think so, man.
406
00:16:59,105 --> 00:17:00,932
I think they're swarming.
407
00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,760
We have definitely
found a bullet ant nest.
408
00:17:02,891 --> 00:17:04,545
There's no question about it.
409
00:17:04,675 --> 00:17:06,590
I was in there trying
to get a single ant
410
00:17:06,721 --> 00:17:08,288
and they started swarming out.
411
00:17:08,418 --> 00:17:11,595
OK, this just went from
slightly dangerous to extremely
412
00:17:11,726 --> 00:17:14,207
dangerous because there was
one crawled up on my hand,
413
00:17:14,337 --> 00:17:16,600
and I got startled, and
I flicked it off of me.
414
00:17:16,731 --> 00:17:17,906
I need to go back and
get the container.
415
00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,125
We need to get in there.
416
00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:25,348
All right, come on,
get on the stick.
417
00:17:28,221 --> 00:17:28,960
My hand's shaking.
418
00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:30,266
I got one.
419
00:17:30,397 --> 00:17:31,224
Nope, it came off.
420
00:17:37,143 --> 00:17:37,926
I got one.
421
00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:38,883
I got one.
422
00:17:39,014 --> 00:17:39,971
Back up, back up, back up.
423
00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:42,409
It's going right
towards my hand.
424
00:17:42,539 --> 00:17:43,845
Oh, boy.
425
00:17:43,975 --> 00:17:45,238
It's attacking the
tip of the stick.
426
00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:46,630
I'm going to put it down
right here on the dirt.
427
00:17:46,761 --> 00:17:48,284
Yeah.
428
00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:50,460
All right, I'm going
to get it in this cup.
429
00:17:50,591 --> 00:17:51,548
Got it.
430
00:17:51,679 --> 00:17:53,768
It walked right in.
431
00:17:53,898 --> 00:17:55,204
Holy cow.
432
00:17:55,335 --> 00:17:56,205
Oh my gosh.
433
00:17:56,336 --> 00:17:57,076
Hold on.
434
00:17:57,206 --> 00:17:57,989
Wait, check your legs.
435
00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,426
Check your legs.
436
00:17:59,556 --> 00:18:00,818
See anything, Mario?
437
00:18:00,949 --> 00:18:02,429
No, you're good.
438
00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:03,430
Oh my gosh.
439
00:18:11,438 --> 00:18:14,005
If I was that nervous
just to catch the ant,
440
00:18:14,136 --> 00:18:16,051
I can't imagine how
nervous I'm going to be
441
00:18:16,182 --> 00:18:18,401
to actually be stung by it.
442
00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:20,186
This is wild.
443
00:18:20,316 --> 00:18:22,492
All right, let's take the ant
down here into a flatter area,
444
00:18:22,623 --> 00:18:24,233
get the scene under control.
445
00:18:24,364 --> 00:18:26,844
It's time to go through with
the bullet ant challenge.
446
00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:28,759
Whoa.
447
00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:32,372
GoPro is rolling.
448
00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:34,156
OK.
449
00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:38,291
I am literally at the summit
of the insect sting pain index,
450
00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:40,293
so what I'm going to do
now is remove the glass.
451
00:18:43,513 --> 00:18:45,515
Ant is live, OK?
452
00:18:45,646 --> 00:18:46,951
It is out and active.
453
00:18:47,082 --> 00:18:49,824
I am going to now pick
it up with the forceps.
454
00:18:49,954 --> 00:18:51,130
Got it.
455
00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:52,827
Oh, there we go.
456
00:18:52,957 --> 00:18:55,177
That right there is a perfect
hold, right on the thorax.
457
00:18:55,308 --> 00:18:56,570
And, wow, look at that.
458
00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:59,442
The stinger is already flying.
459
00:18:59,573 --> 00:19:01,183
Does that give you
enough space there,
460
00:19:01,314 --> 00:19:02,706
Mark, to be able to see the
stinger as it goes into my arm?
461
00:19:02,837 --> 00:19:04,055
Yes, sir.
462
00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:07,711
We've got clear
visibility on the abdomen.
463
00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:09,452
Here we go.
464
00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:11,846
I'm going to move the little
wooden base out of the way.
465
00:19:11,976 --> 00:19:14,892
Glass capsule is
right here in frame.
466
00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:16,503
Forearm on the table.
467
00:19:19,114 --> 00:19:21,203
I'm Coyote Petersen,
and I'm about to take
468
00:19:21,334 --> 00:19:23,162
on the bullet ant challenge.
469
00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:24,032
Are you ready?
470
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,207
Let's do it.
471
00:19:25,338 --> 00:19:33,215
1, 2, oh my gosh,
this is it, 3.
472
00:19:43,007 --> 00:19:44,139
Oh, it's stuck in my arm.
473
00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:46,446
It's stuck in my arm.
474
00:19:46,576 --> 00:19:47,490
The stinger is stuck in my arm.
475
00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:49,275
Look at that.
476
00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:50,189
Oh.
OK, it's off.
477
00:19:50,319 --> 00:19:51,102
It's off.
478
00:19:51,233 --> 00:19:52,278
It's off.
479
00:19:52,408 --> 00:19:53,540
Oh my gosh.
480
00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:56,412
Oh my gosh.
481
00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:58,197
Oh my gosh.
482
00:19:58,327 --> 00:19:59,241
You all right?
483
00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:00,286
Oh my God, it is really bad.
484
00:20:00,416 --> 00:20:01,635
Oh my gosh.
485
00:20:01,765 --> 00:20:02,679
I think it has the
tarantula hawk topped.
486
00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:10,426
You all right, man?
- Yep.
487
00:20:10,557 --> 00:20:11,340
Oh.
488
00:20:11,471 --> 00:20:13,081
Did you see that?
489
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,953
The stinger was stuck into my
forearm right into the vein.
490
00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:18,347
There is the sting
insertion point right there.
491
00:20:18,478 --> 00:20:19,348
Oh my gosh.
492
00:20:19,479 --> 00:20:20,610
It is like--
493
00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:21,611
Oh.
494
00:20:21,742 --> 00:20:23,222
It's hot.
495
00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:25,398
Oh, I can feel the venom
already right in my forearm.
496
00:20:31,186 --> 00:20:31,926
It is.
497
00:20:32,056 --> 00:20:33,057
It's number one.
498
00:20:37,888 --> 00:20:39,542
Oh my gosh.
499
00:20:39,673 --> 00:20:40,804
It's burning more.
500
00:20:40,935 --> 00:20:42,066
It's getting worse.
Hold on.
501
00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:42,763
Hold on.
Hold on.
502
00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:48,595
Oh.
503
00:20:48,725 --> 00:20:50,988
How my whole arm is
getting really tight.
504
00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:52,251
Ha.
Ha.
505
00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:53,252
Oh my gosh.
506
00:20:53,382 --> 00:20:54,165
Mark, put your arm out here.
507
00:20:54,296 --> 00:20:55,036
Just tell them.
508
00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:55,993
Feel my forearm.
509
00:20:56,124 --> 00:20:56,864
Wow.
510
00:20:56,994 --> 00:20:58,169
It is like rock hard.
511
00:20:58,300 --> 00:20:59,780
I think it's spasming
up the muscle.
512
00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:02,652
Now the toxin that comes out
of the sting of a bullet ant
513
00:21:02,783 --> 00:21:05,699
is a poneratoxin, which can
cause you to hallucinate.
514
00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:09,529
So I don't know how much venom
actually went into my arm.
515
00:21:09,659 --> 00:21:11,661
All I know is that
the stinger was
516
00:21:11,792 --> 00:21:14,403
in my forearm for a
considerable amount of time.
517
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:19,495
Oh my gosh.
518
00:21:19,626 --> 00:21:20,366
Oh.
519
00:21:20,496 --> 00:21:21,497
Oh.
520
00:21:21,628 --> 00:21:22,411
Dude, I think my--
521
00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:23,891
I think my--
522
00:21:24,021 --> 00:21:25,719
I think my neck is having
a muscle spasm too.
523
00:21:25,849 --> 00:21:28,809
My whole muscle structure
is like pounded right now.
524
00:21:31,377 --> 00:21:32,639
What is that?
525
00:21:32,769 --> 00:21:34,075
OK, that's not good.
526
00:21:34,205 --> 00:21:35,119
Let's keep an eye on that.
527
00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:36,817
My neck is like stiffening up.
528
00:21:36,947 --> 00:21:41,256
My entire arm feels like it's
having a spasm right now.
529
00:21:41,387 --> 00:21:42,518
OK.
530
00:21:42,649 --> 00:21:43,345
Is it
getting better or worse?
531
00:21:43,476 --> 00:21:44,520
No, it's worse.
532
00:21:44,651 --> 00:21:46,783
It's coming in
waves of pain now.
533
00:21:46,914 --> 00:21:48,481
Oh my gosh.
534
00:21:48,611 --> 00:21:49,917
It is-- hold on.
535
00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:53,007
I'm super lightheaded,
like super lightheaded.
536
00:21:56,924 --> 00:21:58,055
You need some water?
537
00:21:58,186 --> 00:21:59,230
You're
looking flushed.
538
00:21:59,361 --> 00:22:01,537
Your face is like turning red.
539
00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:05,106
You're getting like
puffy under your eyes.
540
00:22:05,236 --> 00:22:06,629
I'm sweating
bullets right now.
541
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,891
Bullets.
542
00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:09,589
Bullets of sweat
for the bullet ant.
543
00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:11,199
OK, I'm going to try
and stay composed.
544
00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,332
We're going to have to cut
the scene pretty quickly.
545
00:22:13,462 --> 00:22:14,811
I'm in a lot of pain right now.
546
00:22:14,942 --> 00:22:17,161
OK, at the moment,
I'm experiencing
547
00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:19,338
hot, radiating waves of pain.
548
00:22:19,468 --> 00:22:22,079
It feels as if someone has
stabbed me with a hot poker,
549
00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:23,777
and I can actually
feel the venom.
550
00:22:23,907 --> 00:22:25,344
It's throbbing.
551
00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:27,433
It's very similar to the
bite of the Gila monster.
552
00:22:27,563 --> 00:22:29,826
When I was bitten by the Gila
monster, it was intense pain,
553
00:22:29,957 --> 00:22:31,132
and then it would
reside, and then it
554
00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:33,047
would return with a vengeance.
555
00:22:33,177 --> 00:22:40,054
This is-- at this point,
the tarantula hawk
556
00:22:40,184 --> 00:22:41,185
was already done hurting.
557
00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:42,491
This is getting worse.
558
00:22:42,622 --> 00:22:44,275
This is getting worse.
559
00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:45,581
I don't know if I'm going to be
able to take this for 24 hours.
560
00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:50,412
It pumped me full of venom.
561
00:22:50,543 --> 00:22:52,022
This is going to be bad.
562
00:22:52,153 --> 00:22:54,634
It's one thing to get tagged,
and you know, to be, ah,
563
00:22:54,764 --> 00:22:55,678
I got stung.
564
00:22:55,809 --> 00:22:57,027
It's another thing to be like--
565
00:22:57,158 --> 00:22:58,681
I'm just hoping you
got that shot, Mark,
566
00:22:58,812 --> 00:23:04,078
where it was literally
latched on and stinging me.
567
00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:05,384
I'm sweating bullets right now.
568
00:23:05,514 --> 00:23:07,908
It is humid, but
my body is on fire.
569
00:23:08,038 --> 00:23:12,695
It's been about 20 minutes since
the sting, and look at my arm.
570
00:23:12,826 --> 00:23:15,524
It feels like it is on fire
about up to my shoulder.
571
00:23:15,655 --> 00:23:18,353
Extremely painful
right in that region.
572
00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:19,876
It's red.
573
00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:23,532
It is swollen, but I feel
composed enough to give
574
00:23:23,663 --> 00:23:25,491
you guys a proper outro.
575
00:23:25,621 --> 00:23:28,624
Now they say that this pain
is going to last for 24 hours,
576
00:23:28,755 --> 00:23:31,584
and my goodness, if it does,
I'm in for one wild day.
577
00:23:31,714 --> 00:23:35,544
But I think it goes without
question that the bullet ant's
578
00:23:35,675 --> 00:23:39,200
sting is the most painful
that I have faced thus far
579
00:23:39,330 --> 00:23:41,420
on the insect sting pain index.
580
00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:42,856
I'm Coyote Petersen.
581
00:23:42,986 --> 00:23:45,902
Be brave, stay wild.
582
00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:48,818
We'll see you on
the next adventure.
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